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Edward Egan

His Eminence
Edward Egan
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of New York
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Egan in 2009
See New York (Emeritus)
Appointed May 11, 2000
Installed June 19, 2000
Term ended February 23, 2009
Predecessor John Joseph O'Connor
Successor Timothy M. Dolan
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
Orders
Ordination December 15, 1957
by Martin John O'Connor
Consecration May 22, 1985
by Bernardin Gantin
Created Cardinal February 21, 2001
by John Paul II
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name Edward Michael Egan
Born April 2, 1932
Oak Park, Illinois, US
Died March 5, 2015(2015-03-05) (aged 82)
Manhattan, New York City, US
Buried St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, New York, United States
Nationality American
Denomination Roman Catholic
Parents Thomas J. and Genevieve Costello Egan
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Edward Michael Egan (April 2, 1932 – March 5, 2015) was an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Bridgeport from 1988 to 2000, and as Archbishop of New York from 2000 to 2009. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001.

The third of four children, Edward Egan was born in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of Thomas J. and Genevieve (née Costello) Egan. His father was a sales manager and his mother was a homemaker and former teacher; his parents' families were from County Mayo and County Clare, Ireland. In 1943, Egan and his older brother contracted polio, causing them to miss two years of school while convalescing at home.

He graduated from Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, where he had been student body president and editor of the student newspaper and yearbook, in 1951. Egan then entered St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, from where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy. He was then sent to continue his formation for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, taking his academic courses in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.


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