Background
Daly, Edward Celestin was born on October 24, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James E. and Elisabeth (Cairns) Daly.
Daly, Edward Celestin was born on October 24, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James E. and Elisabeth (Cairns) Daly.
He studied philosophy and theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, District of Columbia
He served as Bishop of Des Moines from 1948 until his death in 1964. At age 26, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John T. McNicholas on June 12, 1921. Daly then studied canon law at the Catholic University of America until 1923, when he became secretary and archivist of the Apostolic Delegation.
During this period, he earned a Master of Sacred Theology from Rome in 1936 and also served as professor of canon law at the Dominican House of Studies.
On March 13, 1948, Daly was appointed the fourth Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 13 from Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, with Archishops Henry Rohlman and Leo Binz serving as co-consecrators. He was named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne in May 1958.
After attending the third session of the Second Vatican Council, he was killed when his plane, Trans World Airlines Flight 800, crashed shortly after takeoff at Fiumicino Airport near Rome.