\"Bishop of NY\" Joseph F Flannelly Hand Signed 3.25X5.75 Card For Sale

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\"Bishop of NY\" Joseph F Flannelly Hand Signed 3.25X5.75 Card:
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Up for sale "Auxillary Bishop of New York" Joseph F Flannelly Hand Signed 3.25X5.75 Card.

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 Joseph Francis Flannelly (October

22, 1894—May 23, 1973) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He

served as an auxiliary New York from 1948 to 1969. Joseph Flannelly was born

in New York City to Michael

J. and Mary A. (née Considine) Flannelly. He attended Cathedral

College in his native city, and made his theological studies

at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers. He was ordained to the priesthood on

September 1, 1918. His first assignment was as a curate at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Yonkers. He there

supervised the parochial school, taught

singing, and organized and coached the served as chaplain of the local fire department. In 1938, he was transferred to St.

Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, serving as an assistant

to Monsignor Michael J. Lavelle. The following year he succeeded Lavelle

as administrator of St. Patrick's Cathedral, a post in which he remained until

his retirement in 1969. Under Flannelly's guidance, St. Patrick's

underwent extensive changes; these changes included the installation of a

new altar and a rose window in the west wall of the edifice, major

improvements of the organ, and the completion

of five sculptured bronze doors facing Fifth Avenue.He became a papal chamberlain in 1941, and was raised to the rank

of domestic prelate in 1943. In August 1948, he celebrated

the Requiem Mass for the late Babe Ruth. On November 9, 1948,

Flannelly was appointed Auxiliary bishop of New York and Titular Bishop of Metelis by Pope Pius XII. After receiving news of his

appointment, he stated, "I am delighted, of course, that I am going to be

a successor of the Apostles,

and I am humbly grateful to God." He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 16 from

Cardinal Francis Spellman, with

Bishops Joseph Patrick Donahue and Stephen Joseph at St. Patrick's Cathedral. At his

consecration, he wore the same vestments worn by Cardinal Spellman and Pope Pius XII at

their own consecrations. He was also given the episcopal ring of

Cardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes and

the pectoral cross of

Archbishop John Hughes.[6] He selected as his ad Deum," which, freely translated, means,

"Ordained for men in the things that appertain to God" (Hebrews 5:1). In 1950, Flannelly issued an admonition to be

read at each of the seven Sunday Masses in St. Patrick's Cathedral: "We

note with alarm and regret the growing custom of holding parties in business

offices on the days immediately preceding Christmas. We caution the faithful against such parties for

the following reasons: 1) these parties ignore the sacred character of Advent, which is a time of becoming preparation for the coming

of our divine Savior; 2) the days immediately preceding Christmas are

invariably days of fast and abstinence...3) at many of these parties there is

excessive use of intoxicating drinks. These sinful excesses cause untold harm

in various ways to the participants and their families. They corrupt the morals

and lower the morale of the community and the nation."

 He

was an ardent proponent of the restoration of religion to the public school system,

and was once quoted as having said that "in the face of Communist activities bent on taking God out of government

and business, the most important first thing we have to do is put religion back

in education."  After reaching the mandatory retirement age of

75, Flannelly resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of New York on November 8, 1969.[3] He later died at St. Clare's

Hospital, aged 78.

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