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See also:MICHAEL See also:AUGUSTINE See also:CORRIGAN (1839-1902)
, third See also:archbishop of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic archdiocese of New See also:York, in the See also:United States, was See also:born in See also:Newark, New See also:Jersey, on the13th of See also:August 1839
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In 1859 he graduated at See also:Mount St See also:Mary's See also:College, Emmittsburg, See also:Maryland, and began his studies for the priesthood as the first of the twelve students with whom the See also:American College at See also:Rome was opened
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On the 19th of See also:September 1863 he was ordained See also:priest, and in 1864 obtained the degree of D.D
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Returning to See also:America, he was appointed See also:professor of Dogmatic See also:Theology and Sacred Scripture, and director of the ecclesiastical See also:seminary of See also:Seton See also:
On the See also:death of Cardinal McCloskey in 1885 Archbishop Corrigan became See also:metropolitan of the diocese of New York
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He died on the 5th of May 1902
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He was a See also:scholar of much erudition, with See also:great See also:power of administrative organization, See also:simple, generous and kindly in See also:character
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The earlier years of his archiepiscopate were disturbed by his controversy with See also:Edward McGlynn (1839-1900), a New York priest (and a See also:fellow-student with Corrigan at Rome), who disapproved of parochial See also:schools, refused to go to Rome for examination, and was excommunicated in See also:July 1887, but returned to the church five years later
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See See also:Michael See also:Augustine Corrigan: A Memorial, with See also:biographical See also:sketch by See also: |
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