Patrick Joseph Hayes was an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of New York from 1919 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1924.
Background
Patrick Hayes was born in the Five Points section of Manhattan to Daniel Hayes and Mary Gleason. Both of his parents were from County Kerry, Ireland, and moved to the United States in 1864. A younger brother, John, was born in 1870. Hayes' mother died in June 1872, and his father later remarried around 1876, a half-sister, Anastasia, was also born that year.
Education
At age 15, Patrick Joseph Hayes was sent to live with his aunt and uncle, who ran a grocery store where Hayes then worked. After attending La Salle Academy, Hayes studied at Manhattan College, where he excelled at philosophy and the classics and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors in 1888. Hayes then attended St. Joseph's Seminary in Troy.
Career
Patrick Joseph Hayes was ordained priest in 1892. From Catholic University, Washington he received in 1894 the degree of doctor of sacred theology. He was named chancellor of the archdiocese of New York in 1903, and was president of Cathedral College, New York, from 1903 to 1914, when he was chosen auxiliary bishop to the aging Cardinal Farley.
From 1917 Patrick Joseph Hayes served as chaplain bishop to the armed forces of the United States. On March 10, 1919, he succeeded Farley as archbishop of New York and was created a cardinal in 1924.
Views
Quotations:
"The American people are experiencing a return to religion following a period of carelessness and cynicism marked by the prosperity of the land. .. Now they are returning when they find they are in need of something greater than the material in facing adversity and stress. "