1. Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua was an American cardinal of the Catholic Church.
41 Facts About Anthony Bevilacqua
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Anthony Bevilacqua served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1988 to 2003.
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Anthony Bevilacqua was born on June 17,1923, in Brooklyn, New York, to Luigi and Maria Bevilacqua.
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Anthony Bevilacqua had four brothers: Michael, Angelo, Rocco, and Frank; and six sisters, Josephine, Isabella, Virginia, Mary Jo, Gloria, and Madeline.
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Anthony Bevilacqua attended Public School No 60, St Thomas the Apostle School, and Richmond Hill High School, all in the Borough of Queens.
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Anthony Bevilacqua then studied at Cathedral College in Queens, where he won prizes in mathematics and science.
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Anthony Bevilacqua earned a trip to Washington, DC for an essay on the Immaculate Conception.
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Anthony Bevilacqua graduated from Cathedral College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1943, and then entered the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, New York.
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Anthony Bevilacqua was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Brooklyn by Bishop Thomas Malloy on June 11,1949, at St James Cathedral in Brooklyn.
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Anthony Bevilacqua then served as an associate pastor at Sacred Heart of Jesus and St Mary Parish in Brooklyn and St Mary Parish on Long Island until 1950.
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Anthony Bevilacqua taught at Cathedral College from 1950 to 1954, and then entered the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
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Anthony Bevilacqua earned a Master of Arts in political science from Columbia University in 1962, and was named vice-chancellor of the diocese in 1965.
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From 1968 to 1980, Anthony Bevilacqua was a visiting professor of canon law at Seminary of the Immaculate Conception.
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Anthony Bevilacqua earned a JD from St John's University in 1975.
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Anthony Bevilacqua was admitted to practice law in the courts of New York and Pennsylvania and before the US Supreme Court.
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Anthony Bevilacqua was named by the Holy See as honorary prelate of his holiness on January 23,1976; he became chancellor of the diocese that year.
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Anthony Bevilacqua remained chancellor of the diocese and director of its Migration and Refugee Office until 1983.
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From 1977 to 1980, Anthony Bevilacqua taught immigration law as an adjunct professor at St John's University School of Law.
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On October 7,1980, Anthony Bevilacqua was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, and titular bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena by Pope John Paul II.
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Anthony Bevilacqua received his episcopal consecration on November 24,1980, from Bishop Francis Mugavero, with Bishops John J Snyder and Charles Mulrooney serving as co-consecrators, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Brooklyn.
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In 1983, Anthony Bevilacqua became involved in the case of Agnes Mary Mansour.
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Anthony Bevilacqua told Mansour that if she did not resign as director, she would have to leave the Sisters of Mercy.
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Anthony Bevilacqua was named by Pope John Paul II as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh on October 7,1983.
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Anthony Bevilacqua was a member of the 1987 World Synod of Bishops on the role of laity in the church and the world.
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Anthony Bevilacqua did not report Karabin to the police, but sent him instead to a treatment center for alcohol abuse in Maryland.
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In 1986, Anthony Bevilacqua banned women from participating in the Holy Thursday foot-washing service.
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Anthony Bevilacqua said that the service was a re-enactment of the Last Supper, in which Jesus only washed men's feet.
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In 1998, Anthony Bevilacqua asked Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge to fund food stamp assistance for immigrants and instituted service centers for Latino and African American Catholics.
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Anthony Bevilacqua is remembered for his frequent visits to churches in the diocese, his knowledge of fiscal matters, his conservatism, and his closing of schools.
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Anthony Bevilacqua hosted a weekly radio call-in program, Live with Cardinal Bevilacqua, which aired on WZZD-AM in Philadelphia.
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Anthony Bevilacqua chaired the Committee for Canonical Affairs and the Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
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Anthony Bevilacqua lost the right to participate in a papal conclave when he reached the age of 80 in June 2003.
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Anthony Bevilacqua's resignation was finally accepted by the Pope on July 15,2003, Bevilacqua served as apostolic administrator of the archdiocese until the installation of his successor, Cardinal Justin Rigali, on October 7,2003.
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In retirement, Anthony Bevilacqua lived at his home on the grounds of St Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
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In February 2011 it was reported that Anthony Bevilacqua was suffering from cancer and dementia.
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Anthony Bevilacqua died suddenly on January 31,2012, at age 88 in his home in Wynnewood.
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Anthony Bevilacqua had ordered Monsignor James Molloy to destroy the list.
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In 2000, Anthony Bevilacqua testified before the Pennsylvania General Assembly in support of a bill that would enact a moratorium on capital punishment in that state.
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Anthony Bevilacqua believed that gay men should not be accepted as Catholic priests.
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In 2004, Anthony Bevilacqua praised the banning of abortion services for women in US military hospitals by Congress.
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In 2009, Anthony Bevilacqua joined other American bishops in condemning the University of Notre Dame for inviting President Barack Obama to be its commencement speaker.