NEW YORK
Wall Street Journal
By MELANIE GRAYCE WEST
March 5, 2015
Edward Cardinal Egan, the ninth archbishop of New York, died Thursday afternoon of cardiac arrest, according to the Archdiocese of New York.
He was 82 years old.
Cardinal Egan was born in Oak Park, Ill., ordained in 1957 and consecrated as a bishop in 1985. From 1985 to 1988, he served as auxiliary bishop and vicar for education of the Archdiocese of New York. He served as bishop of Bridgeport, Conn., for 12 years before becoming Archbishop of New York in May 2000.
He was made a cardinal in 2001 and retired as Archbishop of New York in 2009, but continued to live in New York and to serve the archdiocese and the Vatican.
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