Archbishop Michael Corrigan
Archbishop
Michael Augustine Corrigan (
August 13,
1839 -
May 5,
1902) was the sixth bishop (third archbishop) of the
Roman Catholic diocese of
New York. He was ordained a priest on
September 19,
1863, and appointed Bishop of
Newark, New Jersey on
February 14,
1873, being ordained on
May 4,
1873. He was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of New York on
October 1,
1880, with the titular see of Petra, and succeeded to the archbishopric on
October 10,
1885, serving as archbishop until his death. He is interred in the crypt under the altar of
St. Patrick's Cathedral.
see
List of Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of New York