Background
Curley, Daniel J. was born on June 16, 1869 in New York City. Son of Michael J. and Margaret (Swan) Curley.
Curley, Daniel J. was born on June 16, 1869 in New York City. Son of Michael J. and Margaret (Swan) Curley.
He studied at Saint Francis Xavier College and afterwards Saint Joseph"s Seminary in Troy, where he befriended Patrick Joseph Hayes (future Archbishop of New York and a cardinal).
He served as Bishop of Syracuse from 1923 until his death in 1932. He furthered his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, and was there ordained to the priesthood on May 19, 1894. Following his return to New York, he served as a curate at the Church of the Holy Name in Manhattan.
He became secretary to Archbishop Michael Corrigan in 1901, and the founding pastor of Our Lady of Solace Church in The Bronx in 1902.
In 1921 his name was suggested by Archbishop Patrick Hayes as an auxiliary bishop of New New York On February 19, 1923, Curley was appointed the third Bishop of Syracuse by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 1 from Archbishop Hayes, with Bishops Edmund Gibbons and William Turner serving as co-consecrators, at Saint Patrick"s Cathedral.
During his nine-year-long tenure, he established a Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 28 parishes, 18 schools, Loretto Rest, and Lourdes Hospital. At his invitation, the Sisters of Perpetual Rosary opened the first home for cloistered nuns in Syracuse.
Curley died from heart disease at age 63 in Syracuse, New New York
He is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.