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John Cardinal McCloskey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | John McCloskey, later John Cardinal McCloskey, (March 10, 1810 - October 10, 1885) born to Irish immigrants, in Brooklyn, was the fifth bishop (second archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York. |
 | | He was appointed the Coadjutor Bishop of New York on November 21, 1843, ordained a bishop on March 10, 1844 with the titular see of Axiere, appointed Bishop of Albany on May 21, 1847, and appointed Archbishop of New York on May 6, 1864. |
 | | Archbishop McCloskey was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Pius IX in the consistory of March 15, 1875, becoming the first American cardinal. |
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