I did say if we did anything wrong, I'm sorry, but I don't think we did anything wrong. An expert in church law and fluent in Latin, Egan served on the Roman Rota, a tribunal of Vatican judges who hear appeals in church law cases, such as marriage annulments. He was one of just a few experts chosen by John Paul to help with the massive job of reviewing the revised Code of Canon Law for the global church. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois, then completed studies for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College in Rome and was ordained there in He eventually earned a doctorate.
Egan first became a U. Three years later, Egan was named to head the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Associated Press. Skip to content. Cardinal Edward Egan smiles to the crowd outside St. Mario Tama, Getty Images. Most Read. From to he was assigned to St. He graciously congratulated my son. I believe his greatest joy was his sensitivity and personal insight in perceiving so fully and correctly the pride I felt in my son, and the knowledge that he would be, while charting his own course, following in my footsteps.
Cardinal Egan also had a joyful and musical side to his nature. He would define his musical inclinations by referring to himself with humility, not as a pianist but as a piano player. Of all the Masses and parades that he celebrated and presided over, it was the Columbus Day Mass and parade that he loved the most.
He indicated that his love for the Italian culture was most likely a result of all the years he spent in Rome at the Vatican. America's Largest Catholic Newspaper. Toggle navigation Main menu. Archdiocese News.
Our Faith. Egan greets Bill Hagan and his wife, Laura, on the steps of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois; a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; and a doctorate summa cum laude in canon law, also from the Gregorian.
He was ordained a priest of the Chicago Archdiocese Dec. Francis Stafford, another future cardinal. After further studies in Rome, he returned to Chicago in to serve as parochial vicar of Holy Name Cathedral Parish, assistant chancellor and secretary to Cardinal Albert G. Back in Rome for doctoral studies from to , he also served as assistant vice rector of the North American College.
Again in Chicago from to , he was secretary to Cardinal John P. Cody, archdiocesan vice chancellor and co-chancellor for ecumenism and social relations. Named an auditor of the Roman Rota, the Vatican tribunal primarily responsible for hearing requests for marriage annulments, in November , then-Father Egan also was a professor of civil and criminal procedure at the Studio Rotale and of canon law at the Gregorian; commissioner of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments; a consultor to the Vatican Congregation for Clergy; and, in , one of six canonists who reviewed the new Code of Canon Law with St.
John Paul II before it was promulgated in He retired in May at age 77; canon law requires bishops to turn their resignation into the pope at age Cardinal Egan was the first head of the New York Archdiocese to retire from the post.
The three bishops and eight archbishops who preceded him all died in office. Sign in.
0コメント