Charles Richard Mulrooney

Charles Richard Mulrooney (January 13, 1906 – August 5, 1989) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn from 1959 to 1981.

Charles Richard Mulrooney
Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn
AppointedFebruary 24, 1959
Installed1959
Term ended1981
Orders
OrdinationJune 10, 1930
ConsecrationApril 22, 1960
by Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart
Personal details
Born(1906-01-13)January 13, 1906
Brooklyn, New York
DiedAugust 5, 1989(1989-08-05) (aged 83)
Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village
NationalityAmerican
DenominationRoman Catholic
EducationCathedral College, Brooklyn
Alma materSt. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Maryland

Biography

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Mulrooney was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Patrick and Katherine (née Gibbons) Mulrooney.[1] He attended Cathedral College in Brooklyn from 1921 to 1924, and graduated from St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1926.[1] He then studied at the Sulpician Seminary of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree.[1]

He was ordained to the priesthood in Washington on June 10, 1930.[2] Following his return to New York, he was assigned as a curate at St. Gerard Majella Church in Hollis, where he remained for two years.[1] He taught at Cathedral College from 1932 until 1952, when he became its rector.[3]

On February 24, 1959, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn and titular bishop of Valentiniana by Pope John XXIII.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 22 from Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart, with Bishops James Griffiths and John Joseph Carberry serving as co-consecrators.[2] As an auxiliary bishop, he served as pastor of St. Jerome's Church in Flatbush from 1959 to 1972.[3] Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, he resigned as auxiliary bishop on January 13, 1981.[2]

He died at the Queen of Peace Residence in Queens Village, at age 83.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bishop Charles Richard Mulrooney". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  3. ^ a b c "Bishop Charles R. Mulrooney Is Dead at 83". The New York Times. 1989-08-07.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn
1959 – 1981
Succeeded by