NEW YORK
NPR
Cardinal Edward Egan, the former Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, has died. He was 82. The cause was cardiac arrest, the Archdiocese of New York said in a statement.
Egan, who was archbishop during the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, died this afternoon at NYU Langone Medical Center.
In a statement, Cardinal Timothy Dolan offered his condolences to Egan’s “natural family, who will grieve for their uncle, and … his spiritual family” in New York.
The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest who is editor at large of America, a Catholic magazine, said Egan “was a dedicated bishop, a hardworking priest and a kind man. His Eminence was also extremely supportive and caring of the Jesuits in his archdiocese and of me personally.”
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