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Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen, May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio. Ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria in Illinois, in 1919, [ 1 ] Sheen quickly became a renowned theologian, earning the Cardinal Mercier Prize ...
Moynihan was a founding member of the Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation, named after Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. After Moynihan retired in 2009, Pope Benedict XVI selected Bishop Robert J. Cunningham of the Diocese of Ogdensburg as the next bishop of Syracuse. He retired in 2018.
Life Is Worth Living is an inspirational American television series which ran on the DuMont Television Network from February 12, 1952, to April 26, 1955, [1] then on ABC until April 8, 1957, featuring the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Similar series, also featuring Sheen, followed in 1958–1961 and 1961–1968.
"Sheen adopted his stage name in honor of Catholic archbishop and theologian Fulton J. Sheen. Sheen lived on Brown Street in the South Park neighborhood, and was one of 10 siblings (9 boys and one girl). He attended Chaminade High School (now Chaminade-Julienne High School). He was raised as a Roman Catholic."
Lawrence Joseph Shehan (March 18, 1898 – August 26, 1984) was an American Catholic prelate who served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland from 1961 to 1974 and was made a cardinal in 1965.
During his tenure as archbishop, Cooke founded the following Birthright, an organization providing counseling and other support for pregnant women; Inner-City Scholarship Fund, to provide financial aid for Catholic school students; an archdiocesan housing development program for the poor; Catholic New York, the archdiocesan newspaper; nine ...
Edward O'Rourke was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph H. Schlarman on May 28, 1944. [2] He then served as an assistant chaplain at the Newman Centre of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign until 1960. [1] He also helped find housing and employment for hundreds of people fleeing Communist regimes in Eastern Europe. [1]
James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. (February 18, 1939 – December 27, 1992) was an African-American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Atlanta from 1991 to 1992. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland from 1979 to 1990. He was the second African-American archbishop in history.