James McIntyre (cardinal)

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name = James Francis Aloysius Cardinal McIntyre †


See = Los Angeles
Title = Cardinal Archbishop of Los Angeles
Period = February 7, 1948—January 21, 1970
cardinal = January 12, 1953
Predecessor = John Cantwell †
Successor = Timothy Cardinal Manning †
post = Coadjutor Archbishop of New York | date of birth = birth date|1886|6|25|mf=y
date of death = death date and age|1979|7|16|1886|6|25|mf=y
place of birth = New York, New York |

James Francis Aloysius Cardinal McIntyre (June 25, 1886—July 16, 1979) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1948 until 1978, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.

Biography

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See=Los Angeles|James McIntyre was born in New York City to James and Mary (née Pelley) McIntyre. He studied at Cathedral College in New York City. After college, he became a runner on the New York Stock Exchange. At age 29, he was offered a partnership in his brokerage firm, but declined in order to become a priest [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,817551-1,00.html 24 Hats] December 8, 1952] .He entered St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers. Ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Patrick Hayes on May 21, 1921, McIntyre then did pastoral work in New York until 1923. From 1923 to 1934, he was assistant diocesan chancellor, and was then diocesan chancellor until 1944. He was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on December 27, 1934, and later Domestic Prelate on November 12, 1936.

On November 16, 1940, McIntyre was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of New York and Titular Bishop of "Cyrene". He received his episcopal consecration on January 8, 1941 from Archbishop Francis Spellman, with Bishops Stephen Donahue and John O'Hara serving as co-consecrators. On January 27, 1945, he became Vicar General of New York, and on July 20, 1946, he was named Coadjutor Archbishop and Titular Archbishop of "Paltus".

Appointed Archbishop of Los Angeles on February 7, 1948, he was later created Cardinal Priest of "S. Anastasia" by Pope Pius XII in the consistory of January 12, 1953. McIntyre was the first cardinal of the Western United States, and one of the last prelates to arrive at Rome for the ceremony. He was also one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1958 papal conclave, and again in the 1963 papal conclave.

McIntyre was staunchly conservative. He once expressed caution towards "an obvious trend toward laxity" in the morality of films [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866455,00.html Trend Toward Laxity?] May 30, 1955] , and accused Bishop James P. Shannon's liberal views as constituting "incipient schism" [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,941693,00.html Burden of Responsibility] June 6, 1969] . He was one of the few American bishops to oppose the liturgical revolution of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,871416-1,00.html A New Way of Worship] November 27, 1964] . McIntyre, like his colleague in New York, Francis Cardinal Spellman, refused to implement these conciliar liturgical innovations. On October 23, 1962, McIntyre addressed the Council fathers:

The schema on the Liturgy proposes confusion and complication. If it is adopted, it would be an immediate scandal for our people. The continuity of the Mass must be kept. The tradition of the sacred ceremonies must be preserved.... [Citation required.] ^, [Although it has been claimed that the Cardinal made gestures of ecumenism to the Episcopal Church, such a statement was based on the his address to a luncheon of Episcopalian women. See TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,828258,00.html Ecumen In] March 13, 1964]

He also came into conflicts with groups both within and outside the Church, including an infamous dispute with the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904171,00.html The Immaculate Heart Rebels] February 16, 1970] .

As Los Angeles' archbishop during the 1950s and 1960s, McIntyre presided over significant growth in his see and helped to found many of the archdiocesan high schools, including Junipero Serra High School in Gardena, Don Bosco Technical Institute, and Bishop Montgomery High School. After his resignation, Cardinal MacIntyre left St. Vibiana's Cathedral and retired as a parish priest at St. Basil's Church in Downtown Los Angeles. A staunch traditionalist, Cardinal McIntyre hated the Novus Ordo Missae and celebrated the Tridentine Mass on the side altars of St. Basil's Church.

McIntyre died at St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles, at the age of 93. In 2003, his remains were transferred to the crypt of the new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

Episcopal Succession

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date of consecration=January 8 1941
consecrated by=Francis Cardinal Spellman
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bishop 1=Walter Philip Kellenberg
consecration date 1=October 5 1953
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bishop 2=Edward Vincent Dargin
consecration date 2=October 5 1953
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bishop 3=Alden John Bell
consecration date 3=June 4 1956
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bishop 4=John James Ward
consecration date 4=December 12 1963
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References

Weber, Francis J. (1997) "His Eminence of Los Angeles : James Francis Cardinal McIntyre" Mission Hills, Calif. : Saint Francis Historical Society, 1997

External links

* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-m.htm#McIntyre Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmcintyre.html Catholic-Hierarchy]