Background
Curley, Michael Joseph was born on October 12, 1879 in Golden Island, Athlone, Ireland. Son of Michael and Maria (Ward) Curley.
Curley, Michael Joseph was born on October 12, 1879 in Golden Island, Athlone, Ireland. Son of Michael and Maria (Ward) Curley.
Bachelor of Arts, Royal University of Ireland, 1900. Bachelor of Divinity, Propaganda Theological University, Rome, Italy, 1901, Licentiate of Sacred Theology, 1903.
Ordained Roman Catholic priest, 1904. Missionary in Florida, 1904-1914. Appointed bishop of Saint Augustine by Pope Pius X, April 2, 1914.
Consecrated June 30, 1914.
Appointed archbishop of Baltimore to succeed Cardinal Gibbons, August, 1921. Installed in Baltimore, November 30, 1921.