Edward Mooney

infobox cardinalbiog
name = Edward Francis Cardinal Mooney †


See = Detroit
Title = Cardinal Archbishop of Detroit
Period = May 31, 1937 – October 25, 1958
cardinal = February 18, 1946
Predecessor = Bishop Michael Gallagher †
Successor = John Cardinal Dearden †
post = Bishop of Rochester | date of birth = May 9, 1882
place of birth = Mount Savage, Maryland
date of death = October 25, 1958
place of death = Rome, Italy |

infobox cardinalstyles
cardinal name=Edward Cardinal Mooney
dipstyle=His Eminence
offstyle=Your Eminence
relstyle=
See=Detroit|

Edward Aloysius Cardinal Mooney (May 9, 1882—October 25, 1958) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Detroit from 1937 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946.

Biography

Edward Mooney was born to Thomas and Sarah (née Heneghan) Mooney in Mount Savage, Maryland, and he moved with his family to Youngstown, Ohio at a young age. He attended St. Charles College in Ellicott City and St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore before being sent to Rome to study at the Pontifical North American College.

Mooney was ordained to the priesthood on April 10, 1909, and then taught at St. Mary's Seminary in Cleveland until 1916. He served as the first principal (1916-1922) of the Cathedral Latin School in Cleveland, and was pastor of a Youngstown parish from 1922 to 1923, whence he became spiritual director of the North American College. He was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on June 3, 1925.

On January 21, 1926, after having made a favorable impression on Pietro Cardinal Gasparri [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757924-1,00.html 17th Archdiocese] June 14, 1937] , Mooney was appointed Apostolic Delegate to India and Titular Archbishop of "Irenopolis in Isauria" by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following January 31 from Willem Cardinal van Rossum, CSSR, with Archbishop Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani and Bishop Giulio Serafini serving as co-consecrators. Mooney was later named Apostolic Delegate to Japan on March 30, 1931.

Being recalled from Tokyo to the United States, he was appointed the fourth Bishop of Rochester, with the personal title of "Archbishop", on August 28, 1933. Mooney was elected chairman of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, the predecessor of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, shortly afterwards in 1935; he maintained that post until 1945. During his tenure in Rochester, he promoted Catholic Action and the Knights of Peter Claver as a means of outreach to the African American community, and took deep interest in Catholic social teaching and labor relations [Diocese of Rochester. [http://www.dor.org/DORhomepage/history.htm Diocesan History] ] . He would also play golf in high temperatures (once saying, "If your score is over 100, you are neglecting your golf—if it falls below 90, you're neglecting your parish" [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810584,00.html Detroit's Archbishop] November 3, 1958] ) and take a group of altar boys every year to the opening game of the baseball season [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757924-1,00.html 17th Archdiocese] June 14, 1937] .

Mooney was named Archbishop of Detroit on May 31, 1937. Upon arriving in Detroit, he was greeted by Governor Frank Murphy and a representative of Mayor Frank Couzens [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,770812,00.html Mooney to Detroit] August 16, 1937] . An advocate for labor unions, the Archbishop once proposed establishing parish labor schools in order to help "Christian workers to train themselves in principle and technique to assume the leadership in the unions which their numbers justify" [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760698,00.html For Christian Workers] January 30, 1939] .

From the very beginning of his tenure in Detroit, Mooney became engaged in a contentious relationship with Fr. Charles Coughlin, whose controversial radio broadcasts had angered many in the Catholic hierarchy and American public. In October 1937, he rebuked Coughlin for casting aspersions on President Franklin Roosevelt's sanity over his nomination of Hugo Black to the Supreme Court, leading to Coughlin to cancel his contract for twenty-six radio broadcasts [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758287,00.html Coughlin Silenced] October 18, 1937] . After the priest agreed to end his program in 1942, Mooney responded, "My understanding with him is sufficiently broad and firm to exclude effectively the recurrence of any such unpleasant situation" [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849845,00.html Coughlin Quits] May 18, 1942] .

During World War II, Mooney was staunchly opposed to Nazi Germany, once stating before a group of North and South American prelates, "A victory in this war for the forces of Nazi-inspired aggression would drive Christians underground for generations in the conquered countries" [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773520,00.html Catholic Good Neighbors] September 7, 1942] . Pope Pius XII created him Cardinal Priest of "S. Susanna" in the consistory of February 18, 1946.

The Cardinal died in Rome, at age 76, after suffering from a heart attack and collapsing less than three hours before the beginning of the 1958 papal conclave. Cardinals Francis Spellman and James McIntyre granted him absolution before departing for the conclave [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810584,00.html Detroit's Archbishop] November 3, 1958] . Mooney was initially buried in the crypt of St. John's Seminary in Detroit, but his remains were later transferred in 1988 to Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield.

Legacy

Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio is named after him. It is not far from where he spent his childhood. A former Cardinal Mooney High School in Greece, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York closed in 1989. Other current Cardinal Mooney High Schools exist in Marine City, Michigan and Sarasota, Florida.

Episcopal Succession

Episcopal_Succession
date of consecration=January 31 1926
consecrated by=Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum
bishopconsecrated1 = bishopconsecrated1
bishop 1=Pierre-Guillaume Marque
consecration date 1=February 11 1930
bishopconsecrated2 = bishopconsecrated2
bishop 2=Walter Andrew Foery
consecration date 2=August 18 1937
bishopconsecrated3 = bishopconsecrated3
bishop 3=Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki
consecration date 3=January 25 1938
bishopconsecrated4 = bishopconsecrated4
bishop 4=William Francis Murphy
consecration date 4=February 26 1938
bishopconsecrated5 = bishopconsecrated5
bishop 5=Thomas Lawrence Noa
consecration date 5=March 19 1946
bishopconsecrated6 = bishopconsecrated6
bishop 6=Allen James Babcock
consecration date 6=March 25 1947
bishopconsecrated7 = bishopconsecrated7
bishop 7=Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski
consecration date 7=May 23 1950
bishopconsecrated8 = bishopconsecrated8
bishop 8=John Anthony Donovan
consecration date 8=October 26 1954
bishopconsecrated9 = bishopconsecrated9
bishop 9=Henry Edmund Donnelly
consecration date 9=October 26 1954
bishopconsecrated10 = null
bishop 10=
consecration date 10=
bishopconsecrated11 = null
bishop 11=
consecration date 11=
bishopconsecrated12 = null
bishop 12=
consecration date 12=
bishopconsecrated13 = null
bishop 13=
consecration date 13=
bishopconsecrated14 = null
bishop 14=
consecration date 14=
bishopconsecrated15 = null
bishop 15=
consecration date 15=
bishopconsecrated16 = null
bishop 16=
consecration date 16=
bishopconsecrated17 = null
bishop 17=
consecration date 17=
bishopconsecrated18 = null
bishop 18=
consecration date 18=
bishopconsecrated19 = null
bishop 19=
consecration date 19=
bishopconsecrated20 = null
bishop 20=
consecration date 20=

-

References