Background
Connolly, Thomas Arthur was born on October 5, 1899 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Thomas and Catherine (Gilsenan) Connolly.
(CUA Press is proud to announce the CUA Studies in Canon L...)
CUA Press is proud to announce the CUA Studies in Canon Law. In conjunction with the School of Canon Law of the Catholic University of America, we are making available, both digitally and in print, more than 400 canon law dissertations from the 1920s - 1960s, many of which have long been unavailable. These volumes are rich in historical content, yet remain relevant to canon lawyers today. Topics covered include such issues as abortion, excommunication, and infertility. Several studies are devoted to marriage and the annulment process; the acquiring and disposal of church property, including the union of parishes; the role and function of priests, vicars general, bishops, and cardinals; and juridical procedures within the church. For those who seek to understand current ecclesial practices in light of established canon law, these books will be an invaluable resource.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813222680/?tag=2022091-20
Connolly, Thomas Arthur was born on October 5, 1899 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Thomas and Catherine (Gilsenan) Connolly.
Educated, St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park, California, 1915-1926; educated, Catholic U., 1930-1932; Juris Canonici Doctor, Juris Civilis Doctor.
He served as the fifth bishop and first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle from 1950–1975. Born in San Francisco, California, Connolly was ordained to the priesthood in San Francisco in 1926. As a priest, he held several posts in the San Francisco area before being appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1939.
In 1948, Connolly was named coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Seattle with right of succession to Bishop Gerald Shaughnessy, who had been in poor health for several years.
Connolly became bishop upon Shaughnessy"s death in 1950. The following year, the Diocese of Seattle was elevated to an archdiocese, and Connolly became the first Archbishop of Seattle.
In 1960s, Archbishop Thomas Connelly sent Father Michael Cody to psychiatric treatment but then allowed him to return to the church and transferred him to Saint Charles Parish, despite knowing he was a danger to children as a pedophile. Thomas Connolly was born in San Francisco, California, to Thomas and Catherine (née Gilsenan) Connolly.
After studying at Saint Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 11, 1926.
He then served as a curate at Saint Rose Church in Santa Rosa and Saint Mary Star of the Sea Church in Sausalito. In 1930 he was sent to further his studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, District of Columbia, from where he obtained a doctorate in canon law in 1932. After his return to California, he became secretary to Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna in 1934 and chancellor of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1935.
He was named a Domestic Prelate by Pope Pius XI in 1936, and pastor of Mission San Francisco de Asís in 1939.
On June 10, 1939, Connolly was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco and Titular Bishop of Sila by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 24 from Archbishop John Joseph Mitty, with Bishops Robert John Armstrong and Thomas Kiely Gorman serving as co-consecrators. In 1941 he was named vicar delegate to the Catholic chaplains serving the Army and Navy in the Pacific Coast.
Connolly was named Coadjutor Bishop of Seattle, Washington, on February 28, 1948, with immediate right of succession to Bishop Gerald Shaughnessy, who had been in failing health for several years. Upon Shaughnessy"s death on May 18, 1950, Connolly became the fifth Bishop of Seattle.
When the diocese was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese on June 23, 1951, Connolly became its first Archbishop.
During his tenure, he became known as a "brick and mortar bishop" for his construction of hundreds of Catholic facilities to accommodate the post-World World War II population growth in the Archdiocese. He renovated Saint James Cathedral. Established 43 new parishes.
And built over 350 churches, schools, rectories, convents, parish halls and religious education centers.
He became an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne in 1959. He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965.
Connolly retired as archbishop on February 13, 1975, and died on April 18, 1991. He is interred with past bishops of Seattle at Holyrood Catholic Cemetery in Shoreline, Washington.
(CUA Press is proud to announce the CUA Studies in Canon L...)