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Edward J. Flanagan

Monsignor
Edward Joseph Flanagan
Boys Town founder Edward J. Flanagan.jpg
Archdiocese Omaha
Orders
Ordination 26 July 1912
Personal details
Birth name Edward Joseph Flanagan
Born (1886-07-13)13 July 1886
Leabeg, County Roscommon
Ireland
Died 15 May 1948(1948-05-15) (aged 61)
Berlin, Germany
Buried Dowd Memorial Chapel
Immaculate Conception Parish
Boys Town, Nebraska, US
Nationality American
Denomination Catholic
Occupation Founder of Boys Town
Education Bachelor of Arts (1906)
Master of Arts (1908)
Alma mater Mount St. Mary's University
Emmitsburg, Maryland, US
Sainthood
Title as Saint Servant of God

Monsignor Edward Joseph Flanagan (13 July 1886 – 15 May 1948) was an Irish-born priest of the Catholic Church in the United States. He founded the orphanage known as Boys Town located in Boys Town, Douglas County, Nebraska, which now also serves as a center for troubled youth.

Flanagan was born in the townland of Leabeg, County Roscommon, near the village of Ballymoe, County Galway, Ireland. His parents were John (a herdsman) and Honoria Flanagan. He attended Summerhill College, Sligo, Ireland.

In 1904, he immigrated to the United States and became a US citizen in 1919. He attended Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where in 1906 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree in 1908. Father Flanagan studied at St. Joseph's Seminary in Dunwoodie, New York. He continued his studies in Italy and at the University of Innsbruck in Austria where he was ordained a priest in 1912. His first parish was in O'Neill, Nebraska, where from 1912 he served as an assistant pastor at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. He then moved to Omaha, Nebraska, to serve as an assistant pastor at St. Patrick's Church and later at St. Philomena's Church.


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