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Gift of Robin Harding and Karen Warfield, 2022.32.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known C…
Francis Joseph Spellman
Gift of Robin Harding and Karen Warfield, 2022.32.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Francis Joseph Spellman

American, 1889 - 1967
Names
  • Francis Joseph Spellman
BiographyFrancis Joseph Spellman (1889-1967) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1939 until his death in 1967. From 1932-1939, Spellman served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston. He was created a cardinal by Pope Pius XII in 1946.
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