James Cardinal McIntyre

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His Eminence James Cardinal McIntyre

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See	Los Angeles

James Cardinal McIntyre (1886-1979) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal-Priest who was archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California.

James Francis Aloysius McIntyre was born on June 25, 1886 in New York, New York, and was once a runner on the New York Curb Exchange. He was ordained a priest in May 1921, and ordained a bishop in January 1941. In 1946 he was appointed Coadjutor to the Archbishop of New York by Pope Pius XII. He served as the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles beginning in February 1948 and was elevated to cardinal in January 1953, finally retiring from active service in January 1970.

Cardinal McIntyre was a Catholic traditionalist. He was the only American bishop to oppose the liturgical revolution of the Second Vatican Council, on the grounds that it contradicted Mortalium Animos of Pope Pius XI. He also came into conflicts with groups both within and outside the Church, including a famous dispute with the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

As archbishop of Los Angeles during the 1950s and 1960s, McIntyre helped to found many of the archdiocesan high schools, including Serra High School, Don Bosco Technical Institute, and Bishop Montgomery High School.

McIntyre died on July 16, 1979 at the age of 93.

[edit] Episcopal Succession

Consecrator of
Episcopal Lineage
Consecrated by:	Francis Cardinal Spellman
Date of consecration:	January 8, 1941
Bishop	Date of consecration
Walter Philip Kellenberg	October 5, 1953
Edward Vincent Dargin	October 5, 1953
Alden John Bell	June 4, 1956
John James Ward	December 12, 1963