John D'Alton
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His Eminence John D'Alton |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland |
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| See | Armagh |
| Installed | 1946 |
| Term ended | 1963 |
| Predecessor | Joseph MacRory |
| Successor | William Conway |
| Other posts | Bishop of Meath 1943–1946 |
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| Ordination | 18 April 1908 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 29 June 1942 (Bishop) |
| Created Cardinal | 12 January 1953 |
| Rank | Cardinal priest of S. Agata dei Goti |
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| Birth name | John Francis D'Alton |
| Born | 11 October 1882 Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Died | 1 February 1963 (aged 80) Dublin, Ireland |
| Buried | St Patrick's Cathedral Cemetery, Armagh |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Parents | Joseph D'Alton and Mary D'Alton (née Brennan) |
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John Francis D'Alton (11 October 1882 – 1 February 1963) was an Irish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Armagh and thus Primate of All Ireland from 1946 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953.
John D'Alton was born in Claremorris to Joseph D'Alton (d. 1 April 1883) and his wife Mary Brennan, at the height of the Land Wars in Ireland. He was baptised four days later, on 15 October 1882, with Michael and Mary Brennan acting as his godparents. D'Alton's mother had a daughter, Mollie Brennan, from a previous marriage; she remarried again after the Cardinal's father died in 1883.
He obtained an extensive education at Blackrock College, Holy Cross College in Clonliffe, the Royal University in Dublin, Irish College in Rome, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and National University in Dublin. He was a close friend of Éamon de Valera, whom he befriended at Blackrock College. In his first year in Blackrock, de Valera beat D'Alton in two subjects, Maths, which he would later go on to teach and, ironically, Religion. D'Alton was ordained to the priesthood on 18 April 1908, completing his studies in 1910. He then taught Ancient Classics, Latin, and Greek at St. Patrick's College in Maynooth until 1942, becoming its President in 1936, and was raised to the rank of Monsignor on 27 June 1938.
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