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Born January 15, 1920 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died May 3, 2000 (aged 80) • New York City • New York
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, 2003
Theodore McCarrick
American cardinal
Mychal Judge, 2001
Mychal Judge
American Roman Catholic priest and FDNY chaplain
John Dominic Crossan
Irish-born American theologian
Andrew Greeley
Andrew Greeley
American priest, sociologist, educator, commentator, and author
Augustus Tolton
Augustus Tolton
American priest
Mother Angela Gillespie
American religious leader
Daniel Berrigan
American priest and poet
Mother Seton
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
American saint
Fulton J. Sheen.
Fulton J. Sheen
American religious leader, evangelist, writer, Roman Catholic priest, and radio and television personality
Dorothy Day
American journalist
Bernard Cardinal Law
Bernard Cardinal Law
American prelate
Wilton Daniel Gregory
Wilton Cardinal Gregory
American religious leader
Murray, John Courtney
American theologian
James Augustine Healy
American religious leader
Gibbons, James Cardinal
James Cardinal Gibbons
American prelate
Marymount School, New York
Mother Marie Joseph Butler
Irish Roman Catholic nun
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Roman Catholic saint
John Carroll
American bishop
Cornelia Connelly
Roman Catholic abbess
Sister Julia McGroarty
American religious leader