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James Stafford

His Eminence
James Francis Stafford
Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
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See Denver (emeritus)
Installed October 4, 2003
Term ended June 2, 2009
Predecessor Luigi de Magistris
Successor Fortunato Baldelli
Other posts Cardinal Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
Orders
Ordination December 15, 1957
by Martin John O'Connor
Consecration February 29, 1976
by William Donald Borders
Created Cardinal February 21, 1998
by Pope John Paul II
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1932-07-26) July 26, 1932 (age 84)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Denomination Catholic (Roman Rite)
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James Francis Stafford (born July 26, 1932) is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2003 to 2009. He previously served as President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (1996–2003), Archbishop of Denver (1986–1996), Bishop of Memphis (1982–1986), and Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (1976–1982). He was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope John Paul II in 1998.

James Stafford was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the only child of Francis Emmett and Mary Dorothy (née Stanton) Stafford. His father was the owner of a furniture store, which had been opened by his grandfather (an Irish immigrant) in 1902. He was raised in Catonsville, and graduated from Loyola High School in 1950. He then entered Loyola College in Baltimore with the intent of pursuing a career in medicine. However, in 1952, the death of a close friend in a car crash caused him to rethink his future and to enter St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.

Stafford attended St. Mary's Seminary for two years before being sent by Archbishop Francis Keough to continue his studies in Rome at the Pontifical North American College and the Pontifical Gregorian University. He earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Gregorian in 1958.


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