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FARLEY, John Murphy was born on April 20, 1842 in Newton Hamilton, co. Armagh, Ireland. Son of Philip Farley and Catherine Murphy.
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John Murphy Farley
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He was educated in Ireland, and at St. John's College (later Fordham University), New York City; St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, N.Y.; and the North American College, Rome, Italy.
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Priest, 1870; returned to United States 1870. Assistant Pastor, St. Peter’s Church, New Brighton, Staten Island, 1870-1872. Secretary to Archbishop M‘Closkey, 654 1872-1884.
Private Chamberlain to Pope Leo XIII., with title of Monsignore, 1884. VicarGeneral, Archdiocese of New York, 1891. Domestic Prelate to Pope Leo XIII., 1892.
Protonotary Apostolic, 1895. Auxiliary Bishop of New York, with titular See of Zeugma, 1895. Administrator of New York, 1902.
Made Assistant to the Pontilical Throne, 1904. 4th Archbishop of New York since 1902.
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