Michael Joseph Curley
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The Most Reverend Michael Joseph Curley |
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| Archbishop of Baltimore-Washington | |
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| See | Baltimore-Washington |
| Appointed | August 10, 1921 |
| Installed | November 30, 1921 |
| Term ended | May 16, 1947 |
| Predecessor | James Gibbons |
| Successor |
Francis Patrick Keough (Baltimore) Patrick O'Boyle (Washington) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | March 19, 1904 by Pietro Respighi |
| Consecration | June 10, 1931 by Benjamin Joseph Keiley |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 12, 1879 Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland |
| Died | May 16, 1947 (aged 67) Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Previous post | Bishop of St. Augustine (1914–1921) |
| Motto | QVIS VT DEVS (Who is like unto god) |
| Coat of arms |  |
Michael Joseph Curley (October 12, 1879 – May 16, 1947) was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. Originally a priest and bishop in the Diocese of St. Augustine, he served as the tenth Archbishop of Baltimore (1921–1947) as well as the first Archbishop of Washington (1939–1947).
One of eleven children, Michael Curley was born in Athlone, County Westmeath, to Michael and Maria (née Ward) Curley. He received his early education at a school in his native town conducted by the Marist Brothers. At the age of sixteen, he entered Mungret College in Limerick. He had a distinguished academic career at Mungret, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Royal University of Ireland in 1900. Although he originally dreamed of being a missionary in the Fiji Islands, a visit from Bishop John Moore to Mungret led Curley to volunteer for the Diocese of St. Augustine in the United States. His theological studies were made at the Urban College of the Propaganda in Rome, where he received his Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1903.
On March 19, 1904, Curley was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Pietro Respighi in the Basilica of St. John Lateran. He arrived in Florida in the autumn of 1904, and was named pastor of St. Peter's Church in DeLand. His parish comprised 7,200 square miles (19,000 km2) and was one of the largest on the East Coast. In 1905, he became chancellor of the diocese and secretary to Bishop William John Kenny. He served in these capacities for ten months, at which time he returned to DeLand.
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