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by the physicians that the end was
at hand and in twenty minutes his
grace was dead. His last moments
were peaceful and without evidence
of suffering. Besides the two broth
ers of the archbishop, there were
present in the room dozen priests,
among them Father Lavelle, rector
of the Cathedral; the Mexican bish-
op; the Rev. DIR. Starrante, Italian
secretary to the archbishop, and
Father Curley, his English secretary.
Most Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan.
d. D., was born at Newark, n. j., in 1910.
His parents came from Leinster, ireland.
After having graduated from the schools
OF his native place, he was sent to ST.
Mary's college in Emmetsourg. Md. After
leaving ST. Mary's, in 1883. having made
brilliant record as a student, he went 10
Europe to take holy orders, In Rome he
was one of the l3 students who registered
in the American college there when 1t was
opened. He devoted two years to the pre-
liminary studies of the college and then
began the study of theology. Although or
Gained a priest by Cardinal Patrizi in the
Lateran Basilica, In 1863, he remained in
| the American college another year, and
won the degree of doctor OF divinity. DR..
Corrigan then sailed for home and report
| ed on his arrival to Bishop Bayley in New
| ark, who at once assigned him TO the pro-
fessorship of dogmatic theology and sa-
cred Scripture. as well as to the dictatorship
of Seton Hall college. Later, Rev Father
| Corrigan became vice president of the coll
lege, and when only IS years of age became
president of that institution. When Bishop
Bayley visited Rome in 1870 DR.. Corrigan
| became the administrator and vicar general
| of Newark. He was consecrated bishop
| by Cardinal McCloskey on May 4, 1873. and
remained In charge of the diocese for seven
| years. In that time he had consecrated
~ new churches, among them the cathedral
| In Newark, Besides these achievements, he
established many religious communities
and founded a home for erring women and
| a reformatory for boys. Owing to his sue
| cessful administration of his diocese, DIR.
Corrigan was selected to be coadjutor of
| Cardinal McCloskey. On October !, 1850,
he was raised to the archiepiscopal see OF
Petra. and made coadjutor with the right
| of succession. When Cardinal McCloskey
| died Archbishop Corrigan succeeded to the
| see of New York.
The most stirring events In his career
have had to do with the campaign he in
| stituted against the Anti-Poverty society
| in which the late DR.. McGlynn, then pas
| tor of st. Stephens In East TwentyEig
| street, was conspicuous figure. DR.. Nc
| Glynn was finally deprived of his priestly
functions, and Rev. DR. Richard Lalor Burt
SELL who acted as his ecclesiastical attor-
ney, was sent to Kingston. The agitation
| while 1t lasted was acute. and the vast
parish of st. Stephens was disrupted. But
DR.. McGlynn acknowledged his faults in the
end and was restored to the priesthood.
When he died a few years ago he was the
pastor of a church in Newburgh. DR.. Burt
sell is still at Kingston, but was recently
restored to full favor by the archbishop,
and is now the archbishop's personal rep
resentative In the immediate neighborhood
of his parish. DIR. Corrigan was accounted
one of the most learned prelates of the
| church in this country.1