Maurice F. McAuliffe

Maurice Francis McAuliffe (June 17, 1875 – December 15, 1944) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hartford from 1934 until his death in 1944.

Maurice McAuliffe was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Daniel and Catherine (née Noonan) McAuliffe. He graduated from St. Peter's School, Hartford, staffed by the Sisters of Mercy, and Hartford Public High School in 1894, and attended Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, for a year. He then continued his studies at the Grand Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Issy, France, and at the University of Eichstätt in Germany. He was ordained to the priesthood on July 29, 1900.

Following his return to Connecticut, he was appointed to the faculty of St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield. He served as vice-president of the seminary from 1906 until 1921, when he was advanced to president. He was named a domestic prelate in 1924.

On December 17, 1925, McAuliffe was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford and Titular Bishop of Dercos by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on April 28, 1926 from Bishop John Joseph Nilan, with Bishops John Murray and William A. Hickey serving as co-consecrators, at St. Joseph's Cathedral. He selected as his episcopal motto: In Caritate Dei (Latin: "In Love of God"). Following the death of Bishop Nilan, McAuliffe was named the eighth Bishop of Hartford on April 23, 1934.

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