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In office
  
1955-1958

Name
  
Edmund Reilly

Ordination
  
April 1, 1922

Education
  
Cathedral College

Consecration
  
June 7, 1955

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Alma mater
  
Saint John's Seminary

Nationality
  
American

Died
  
November 3, 1958


Born
  
March 25, 1897Queens, New York (
1897-03-25
)

Edmund Joseph Reilly (March 25, 1897—November 3, 1958) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn from 1955 until his death in 1958.

Biography

Edmund Reilly was born in the College Point section of Queens, New York. He studied at Cathedral College and St. John's Seminary, both in Brooklyn. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 1, 1922. His first assignment was as a curate at St. James Cathedral, where he remained until 1943.

He was named a papal chamberlain in 1938, and raised to the rank of domestic prelate in 1940. He became pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Flatbush from 1943. In 1946, he was transferred to Our Lady of Angels Church in Bay Ridge. He also served as diocesan master of ceremonies.

On March 15, 1955, Reilly was appointed auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn and titular bishop of Nepte by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 7 from Archbishop Thomas Edmund Molloy, with Bishops Raymond Augustine Kearney and John Joseph Boardman serving as co-consecrators. As an auxiliary bishop, he continued to serve as pastor of Our Lady of Angels, a post which he held until his death three years later.

He died from a heart attack at the rectory of Our Lady of Angels, at age 61.

References

Edmund Joseph Reilly Wikipedia


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