Edward D. Kelly

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His Excellency Edward Denis Kelly (December 30, 1860—March 26, 1926) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Grand Rapids from 1919 until his death in 1926.

[edit] Biography

Edward Denis Kelly was born in Hartford, Michigan, to Thomas and Mary (née Hannon) Kelly. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 16, 1886 by Bishop Caspar Borgess. Kelly was then assigned to pastoral and seminary work in Michigan. [1]

On December 9, 1910, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Cestrus. He received his episcopal consecration on the following January 26 from James Cardinal Gibbons, with Bishops Henry Richter and Camillus Maes serving as co-consecrators. Kelly was promoted to Bishop of Grand Rapids on January 16, 1919, and was installed on the following May 20.

Kelly died at the episcopal residence in Grand Rapids from a hemorrhage or embolism, at age 65.[2]

[edit] Trivia

• He attended, among other places, Assumption College in Canada, and St. Charles College in Maryland.
• He was also a major contributor to the founding of Theta Phi Alpha, a Catholic women's sorority at the University of Michigan.

Preceded by Michael Gallagher

Bishop of Grand Rapids 1919—1926

Succeeded by Joseph Pinten