Thomas C. Kelly
Thomas Cajetan Kelly OP (July 14, 1931 – December 14, 2011) was an American Dominican and Archbishop of Louisville from 1982 until his retirement in 2007.
Thomas C. Kelly | |
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Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville | |
See | Louisville |
Appointed | December 28, 1981 |
Installed | February 18, 1982 |
Predecessor | Thomas Joseph McDonough |
Successor | Joseph Edward Kurtz |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 5, 1958 |
Consecration | August 15, 1977 by Joseph Bernardin |
Personal details | |
Born | Rochester, New York | July 14, 1931
Died | December 14, 2011 80) | (aged
Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Washington (1977–81) |
Styles of Thomas Kelly | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Posthumous style | none |
Education
Born in 1931 in Rochester, New York, Archbishop Kelly attended Regis High School in New York City. He entered the Dominican Order in 1951 after two years of study at Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1958, he subsequently earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. in 1959 and a Doctor of Canon Law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome in 1962.[1]
Ministry
In 1962, Kelly was appointed the secretary of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph, headquartered in New York City. During his time in New York he also worked for the tribunal of the Archdiocese of New York and the Legion of Decency. In 1965 Kelly was appointed the secretary and archivist for the Apostolic Nunciature to the United States in Washington, D.C. After serving at the Nunciature for seven years, he was appointed associate general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1972. He was elected to a five-year term as general secretary of the USCCB in March 1977.
In July 1977 Pope Paul VI named Kelly an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington. He was consecrated a bishop in August 1977 by then-Archbishop Joseph Bernardin at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. On December 21, 1981, Pope John Paul II appointed Kelly Archbishop of Louisville.[2][3] He served as Archbishop of Louisville until his retirement in 2007.
Later life
Kelly died at the age of 80 on December 14, 2011, at Holy Trinity Church (where he had been residing since his retirement) in Louisville, Kentucky[4][5]
References
- Knights of Columbus: Kentucky State Council. October 1993. p. 95. ISBN 9781563111143. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- Biography at Archdiocese of Louisville Archived 2007-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
- "Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
- "Funeral Arrangements for Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly | Archdiocese of Louisville". Archlou.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- Gabe Bullard. "Former Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly Dies". Wfpl.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
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Preceded by Thomas Joseph McDonough |
Archbishop of Louisville 1981–2007 |
Succeeded by Joseph Edward Kurtz |