The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-17
Defense Counsel Protest Admission of Certificate of Frun Estate
RIGHT REV. JOHN
 J. M'CIVNEY DIES
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  place next Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock in St. Charles church, Bridgeport. Burial will be in old St. Joseph's cemetery, this city, where the parents and members of the de- ceased's family are buried. Mon- signor McGivney was brother of the late Rev. Michael McGivney, one of the founders of the Knights of Columbus and the late Monsignor Patrick J. McGivney, who died in Rome in 1928. Both brothers also served the Knights of Columbus as supreme chaplain.
 Grand Knight Thomas w. Scadden of Sheriden Council has called a special meeting of the local chapter of the K. of c. in Columbus club tomorrow evening. A delega- ton of members will visit Bridge port to pay their respects and will represent the council at the funeral Tuesday.
 Native of Waterbury
 Monsignor McGivney was native of Waterbury, and was born there in 1870, the son of Patrick and Mary Lynch McG cGivney. He was the young est in family of 13 children. His parents had been among the pioneer Irish Catholics of that city. His early education was made in his home city in the public schools, and from there he went to St. Charles College, Baltimore, where he studied under the Sulpician Fathers, com- pleting there his academic course.
 From Maryland, he went to Mia gara University at Niagara Falls, N. Y., for his studies in philosophy. Receiving his college degree there and determined to study for the priesthood as his brothers had done, he went to St. Johns seminary in Brighton, Mass, the diocesan sem mary of the Archdiocese of Boston, where many Connecticut priests re- ceived their theological training.
 Ordained in Syracuse
 Father McGivney was ordained a priest on May 30, 1896, at the Ca- thedral in Syracuse, Holy Orders be- ing conferred upon him by the late Bishop Lunden of that diocese. The late Bishop Michael J. Tierney of Hartford gave Father McGivney his first assignment, and he came as a curate to St. Augustine's parish here, serving as an assistant to the late Rev. Daniel J. Bremen. He was soon transferred, however, and went to St. Roses in Meriden, where he remained until 1901, serving under the late Rev. Paul McAlenny.
 Gothic Church Monument
 Father McGivney passed four years in the arduous mission work, covering most of the parishes of the state, preaching and conducting mission services. Bishop Tierney then rewarded him by giving him his first pastorate at Westville, St. Joseph's. During his tenure there he built the church and rectory. In the years which intervened, the name of the parish was changed to St. Aedan's, to avoid conflict with another church of the same name in New Haven. The stone church of Gothic design, pleasing to view amid ex- cellent surroundings, stands as 8 memorial to the labors of the young pastor.
 Tn 1928, the Right Rev. John J. Milan, then Bisho of Hartford, as- signed Father McGivney to St. Charles in this city, to succeed his brother who died.
 Honored by Pope
 QR 1,aorc fy> tho y1riocfI,nOH on March IT, 1882, Pope Plus xI con- ferred upon him the dignity of domestic prelate to His Holiness, with the rank of Monsignor. The honor was conferred upon him on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the Knights of Columbus, after his election to the supreme chap laincy of the order, to which he had succeeded on the death of his brother, Monsignor Patrick J. Mo Givney, who had followed the founder of the order, the Rev. Mich ael J. McGivney in that post. For the last quarter century Monsignor McGivney had been active in the councils of the K. of O., and was widely known throughout the coun- try by officers and members of that organization.
 He had a personal acquaintance with the late Pope Plus xI. and had several audiences with him in Rome. He had also met on various occasions the new Pope, Plus XII, when he was Eugenio Cardinal Pa celli. He also had had audiences in Rome with the late Popes Benedict XIV and Plus X.
 The celebration of the 40th anni- versary of Monsignor McGivney's ordination to the priesthood was marked by congratulatory messages from Vatican City, Bishop McAul- life, President Roosevelt and Gov ernor Wilbur L. Cross. Cardinal Pacelli signed the radio gram from Pope Plus XII which read:
 Holy Father rejoices at celebra- ton of fortieth anniversary of your priesthood, In congratulating you he means to embody whole of Knights of Columbus whose outstanding ac- tivities remain most eloquent monu-S ment to the pious traditions of your family. His Holiness sends heartily paternal Apostolic blessing" V Monsignor McGivney's nearest of lkin surviving is his sister, Miss Anna McGivney of IA Pine street. Among other local survivors are a number of nieces and nephews, including: Judge Edward J. Finn, Joseph P. Finn, John w. Finn, pr. Alfred J. Finn, and Miss Anna Finn of Maloney School faculty: Rev. Leo M. Finn of Bridgeport; Revs Francis J. Finn of Plainville; Rev. Vincent E. Finn of Greenwich; Mrs. Gerald Burns of New Jersey; Dr. Christopher E. Dwyer and Miss Marguerite Dwyer; and pr. M. J.