Cardinal Edward Egan, Former Archbishop Of New York, Dead At 82
Cardinal Edward M. Egan, the former Archbishop of New York, died on Thursday afternoon in New York, officials at the Archdiocese of New York announced.
Egan, who was 82, died at 2:20 p.m. at New York University's Langone Medical Center. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
Egan, one of America's most prominent Catholic leaders, was New York's top Catholic from 2000 until his retirement in May of 2009. Prior to that, he served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport and as Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar for Education in the Archdiocese of New York. He was born April 2, 1932, in Oak Park, Illinois and ordained into the priesthood in the Archdiocese of Chicago on December 15, 1957.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the current Archbishop of New York, said in a statement that he was "saddened" but thanked God for the "peaceful death."
Egan died "right after lunch today, with the prayers and sacraments of his loyal priest secretary, Father Douglas Crawford, in his residence at the Chapel of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary," Dolan said.
"Join me, please, in thanking God for his life, especially his generous and faithful priesthood. Pray as well that the powerful mercy of Jesus, in which our Cardinal had such trust, has ushered him into heaven. My sympathy to his natural family, who will grieve for their uncle, and to you, his spiritual family here in the Archdiocese of New York."
Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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Egan, who was 82, died at 2:20 p.m. at New York University's Langone Medical Center. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
Egan, one of America's most prominent Catholic leaders, was New York's top Catholic from 2000 until his retirement in May of 2009. Prior to that, he served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport and as Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar for Education in the Archdiocese of New York. He was born April 2, 1932, in Oak Park, Illinois and ordained into the priesthood in the Archdiocese of Chicago on December 15, 1957.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the current Archbishop of New York, said in a statement that he was "saddened" but thanked God for the "peaceful death."
Egan died "right after lunch today, with the prayers and sacraments of his loyal priest secretary, Father Douglas Crawford, in his residence at the Chapel of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary," Dolan said.
"Join me, please, in thanking God for his life, especially his generous and faithful priesthood. Pray as well that the powerful mercy of Jesus, in which our Cardinal had such trust, has ushered him into heaven. My sympathy to his natural family, who will grieve for their uncle, and to you, his spiritual family here in the Archdiocese of New York."
Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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