Michael Joseph Ready
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
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Michael Joseph Ready (April 9, 1893 – May 2, 1957) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Columbus from 1944 until his death.
The second oldest of 14 children, Michael Ready was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Michael T. and Mary A. (née Ellis) Ready. His parents were Irish immigrants who moved to the United States in the 1880s. In 1900, he and his family moved to Mansfield, Ohio, and later to Barberton.
He studied at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, at St. Bernard Seminary in Rochester, New York, and at St. Mary Seminary in Cleveland.
Ready was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Farrelly on September 14, 1918. He then served as an assistant pastor, teacher, and director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in the Diocese of Cleveland. In 1931, he was named Assistant General Secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, becoming its General Secretary in 1936. He was raised to the rank of Monsignor in 1934.
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