Francis Harrison

August 20, 1912 (age 91)

Syracuse, New York , United States

He served as Bishop of Syracuse from 1977 to 1987. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 4, 1937. During his priestly ministry, he served as assistant director of Utica Catholic Charities. Curate at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Utica, Saint Mary of the Assumption in Binghamton, and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse. And founding pastor of Saint Andrew the Apostle in Syracuse, Saint Patrick in Binghamton, and Saint James in Syracuse. On March 1, 1971, Harrison was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Syracuse and Titular Bishop of Aquae in Numidia by Pope Paul VI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 22 from Bishop David Frederick Cunningham, with Bishops Stanislaus Joseph Brzana and Joseph Lloyd Hogan serving as co-consecrators. Following the resignation of Bishop Cunningham, Harrison was named the seventh Bishop of Syracuse on November 9, 1976. He was installed at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on February 6, 1977. He was the first native of Syracuse to head the diocese. Harrison practiced a collegial manner of governing, and worked to include laity and especially women in diocesan affairs He launched diocesan programs for African Americans, Hispanic, Native Americans, and the disabled. He once played a game of golf with entertainer Bob Hope, who later recorded a radio ad for the diocese"s first Health Opportunities for People Everywhere Appeal, an annual fundraiser Harrison started in 1978. Shortly before reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Harrison resigned as bishop on June 16, 1987. He later died at Saint Camillus Health and Rehabilitation Center, aged 91. He is buried at Saint Agnes Cemetery in Syracuse.

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Background

One of six children, Francis Harrison was born in Syracuse, New York, to Francis and Mary (née Flynn) Harrison.

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He graduated from Saint Lucy Academy, where he was class president and valedictorian, in 1929. He attended the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, where he played varsity baseball, before entering Saint Bernard"s Seminary in Rochester in 1931.

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He served as Bishop of Syracuse from 1977 to 1987. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 4, 1937. During his priestly ministry, he served as assistant director of Utica Catholic Charities.

Curate at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Utica, Saint Mary of the Assumption in Binghamton, and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse.

And founding pastor of Saint Andrew the Apostle in Syracuse, Saint Patrick in Binghamton, and Saint James in Syracuse. On March 1, 1971, Harrison was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Syracuse and Titular Bishop of Aquae in Numidia by Pope Paul VI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 22 from Bishop David Frederick Cunningham, with Bishops Stanislaus Joseph Brzana and Joseph Lloyd Hogan serving as co-consecrators.

Following the resignation of Bishop Cunningham, Harrison was named the seventh Bishop of Syracuse on November 9, 1976. He was installed at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on February 6, 1977.

He was the first native of Syracuse to head the diocese.

Harrison practiced a collegial manner of governing, and worked to include laity and especially women in diocesan affairs He launched diocesan programs for African Americans, Hispanic, Native Americans, and the disabled. He once played a game of golf with entertainer Bob Hope, who later recorded a radio ad for the diocese"s first Health Opportunities for People Everywhere Appeal, an annual fundraiser Harrison started in 1978.

Shortly before reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Harrison resigned as bishop on June 16, 1987.

He later died at Saint Camillus Health and Rehabilitation Center, aged 91. He is buried at Saint Agnes Cemetery in Syracuse.

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