Michael Corrigan

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His Excellency Michael Augustine Corrigan (August 13, 1839—May 5, 1902) was the sixth bishop (third archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York. He was ordained a priest on September 19, 1863, and appointed Bishop of Newark, New Jersey on February 14, 1873, being ordained on May 4, 1873. He was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of New York on October 1, 1880, with the titular see of Petra, and succeeded to the archbishopric on October 10, 1885, serving as archbishop until his death. He is interred in the crypt under the altar of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Within the American hierarchy, he was the closest supporter of the Pope Leo XIII on Testem Benevolentiae.

Corrigan drew controversy for his conflict with Father Edward McGlynn.^[1]

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1. ^ Michael Augustine Corrigan - Catholic Encyclopedia article

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Archdiocese of New York#Ordinaries

Preceded by John Cardinal McCloskey

Archbishop of New York 1885-1902

Succeeded by John Murphy Cardinal Farley

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