Thomas Andrew Donnellan
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The Most Reverend Thomas Andrew Donnellan |
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| Archbishop of Atlanta | |
| See | Atlanta |
| Installed | July 16, 1968 |
| Term ended | October 15, 1987 |
| Predecessor | Paul John Hallinan |
| Successor | Eugene Antonio Marino, SSJ |
| Other posts | Bishop of Ogdensburg (1964–68) |
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| Ordination | June 3, 1939 |
| Consecration | April 9, 1964 |
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| Born |
January 24, 1914 Bronx, New York |
| Died | October 15, 1987 (aged 73) Atlanta, Georgia |
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Styles of Thomas Andrew Donnellan |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Thomas Andrew Donnellan (January 24, 1914 – October 15, 1987) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensberg, New York from 1964 to 1968, and as the second Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Georgia from 1968 until his death in 1987.
The eldest of two children, Thomas Donnellan was born in 1914 in the Bronx, New York, to Andrew and Margaret (née Egan) Donnellan. After graduating from Regis High School in the Bronx in 1931, Donnellan entered St. Joseph's Seminary in 1933, and was ordained to the priesthood by then-Archbishop of New York Francis Spellman on June 3, 1939. In 1942, Donnellan received a doctorate in Canon Law from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Upon graduation, Donnellan was appointed as assistant pastor of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, eventually becoming Cardinal Spellman's secretary in 1954. In 1962, Donnellan became the rector of St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York.
In June 1954, Pope Pius XII honored Fr. Donnellan by raising him the rank of Papal Chamberlain, with the title of Very Reverend Monsignor, and again in March 1958, when he named him a Domestic Prelate, with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor. In December 1962, Pope John XXIII elevated him to the rank of Prothonotary Apostolic.
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