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Thomas Arthur Connolly
Thomas Arthur Connolly (October 5, 1899 – April 18, 1991) was an American Catholic prelate who served as the fifth bishop and first archbishop of Seattle in Washington State from 1950 to 1975. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in California from 1939 to 1950.
Connolly supported the American civil rights movement, ecumenical programs, and labor rights issues. He also attended the Second Vatican Council in Rome.
Thomas Connolly was born on October 5, 1899, in San Francisco, California, to Thomas and Catherine (née Gilsenan) Connolly. He studied at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California.
Connolly was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Edward Hanna for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 11, 1926. After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Connolly as a curate at St. Rose Parish in Santa Rosa, California, and St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Sausalito, California. In 1930, Connolly was sent to Washington, D.C., to attend the Catholic University of America, obtaining a Doctor of Canon Law degree in 1932.
After his return to California, Hanna named Connolly as his secretary in 1934 and as chancellor of the archdiocese in 1935. He was named a domestic prelate by Pope Pius XI in 1936, and pastor of Mission San Francisco de Asís in San Francisco by the archdiocese in 1939.
On June 10, 1939, Connolly was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of San Francisco and titular bishop of Sila by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on August 24, 1939, from Archbishop John Mitty, with Bishops Robert Armstrong and Thomas Gorman serving as co-consecrators.
In 1941, After the American entry into World War II, Connolly was named vicar delegate to the Catholic chaplains serving the US Army and the US Navy along the Pacific Coast of the United States.
Connolly was named coadjutor bishop of Seattle by Pius XII 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 automatically became the fifth bishop of Seattle. When the Vatican elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on June 23, 1951, Connolly became its first archbishop.
Thomas Arthur Connolly
Thomas Arthur Connolly (October 5, 1899 – April 18, 1991) was an American Catholic prelate who served as the fifth bishop and first archbishop of Seattle in Washington State from 1950 to 1975. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in California from 1939 to 1950.
Connolly supported the American civil rights movement, ecumenical programs, and labor rights issues. He also attended the Second Vatican Council in Rome.
Thomas Connolly was born on October 5, 1899, in San Francisco, California, to Thomas and Catherine (née Gilsenan) Connolly. He studied at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California.
Connolly was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Edward Hanna for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 11, 1926. After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Connolly as a curate at St. Rose Parish in Santa Rosa, California, and St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish in Sausalito, California. In 1930, Connolly was sent to Washington, D.C., to attend the Catholic University of America, obtaining a Doctor of Canon Law degree in 1932.
After his return to California, Hanna named Connolly as his secretary in 1934 and as chancellor of the archdiocese in 1935. He was named a domestic prelate by Pope Pius XI in 1936, and pastor of Mission San Francisco de Asís in San Francisco by the archdiocese in 1939.
On June 10, 1939, Connolly was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of San Francisco and titular bishop of Sila by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on August 24, 1939, from Archbishop John Mitty, with Bishops Robert Armstrong and Thomas Gorman serving as co-consecrators.
In 1941, After the American entry into World War II, Connolly was named vicar delegate to the Catholic chaplains serving the US Army and the US Navy along the Pacific Coast of the United States.
Connolly was named coadjutor bishop of Seattle by Pius XII 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 automatically became the fifth bishop of Seattle. When the Vatican elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on June 23, 1951, Connolly became its first archbishop.