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10 mai 2024 · Francis Spellman (born May 4, 1889, Whitman, Massachusetts, U.S.—died December 2, 1967, New York, New York) was an archbishop and cardinal who was one of the most influential American Roman Catholic prelates during the middle decades of the 20th century.
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Le cardinal Spellman était un ardent partisan de la guerre du Vietnam, qui pour lui signifiait la lutte de la « Civilisation » contre la barbarie communiste. Il est surnommé le « Bob Hope du clergé ».
Francis Joseph Spellman (May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. From 1939 to his death, he served as the sixth archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York.
Le cardinal Francis Joseph Spellman (1889-1967), archevêque de New York, fut pendant 25 ans le leader le plus connu et le plus influent du catholicisme américain. Francis Joseph Spellman est né à Whitman, Mass., Le 4 mai 1889.
Cardinal Francis Joseph Spellman (1889-1967), archbishop of New York, was for 25 years the best-known and most influential leader of American Catholicism. Francis Joseph Spellman was born in Whitman, Mass., on May 4, 1889.
The Spellman Museum was founded in 1961 to house and share the collection of Cardinal Francis Spellman. He had been introduced to wonderful world of stamps by seminarian Lawrence Killian while they were together at the North American College in Rome, Italy.
As Archbishop of New York and vicar for the U.S. military services, he was the premier spokesman for Catholicism in the country during the 1940s and 1950s and used his position to support American intervention in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
