1. John Patrick Cody was an American bishop and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
23 Facts About John Cody
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John Cody was born in St Louis, Missouri, to Thomas Joseph and Mary Cody.
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John Cody's father was an Irish immigrant who became deputy chief of the St Louis Fire Department.
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John Cody remained at St Louis until 1926, when he was sent to continue his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
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John Cody earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree and a Doctor of Sacred Theology from the College of the Propagation of the Faith.
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John Cody remained in Rome for the next six years as a staff member of the North American College and an official of the Vatican Secretariat of State.
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John Cody was named a privy chamberlain in 1939 and a domestic prelate in 1946.
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John Cody accompanied Archbishop Glennon to Rome in 1946 when the latter was named a cardinal, and was on hand when Glennon died in Ireland on the return trip.
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On May 10,1947, John Cody was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of St Louis and Titular Bishop of Apollonia by Pope Pius XII.
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John Cody was appointed coadjutor to the Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, on January 27,1954.
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John Cody's actions had generated fierce opposition, but he had not flinched under pressure.
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John Cody was appointed Archbishop of Chicago on June 14,1965, and installed August 24,1965.
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John Cody was elevated to cardinal on June 26,1967.
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John Cody often found his view of episcopal authority in conflict with a number of priests of his diocese.
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John Cody was opposed to some of the decisions of Apostolic Delegate Jean Jadot and led a protest campaign against what he felt was his excessive progressivism and radicalism.
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John Cody butted heads with Fr George Clements for similar reasons, as local Black Catholics sought more Black representation in the local pastorate, especially at Black parishes.
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John Cody circumvented requests for Clements to be named pastor of his parish by placing a different Black priest as pastor there, a pastorally inexperienced Fr Rollins Lambert.
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John Cody thought he would appease the community since he appointed a Black priest, but they were frustrated with an explicit attempt to avoid appointing a well known Black activist.
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The desire for inculturation by these same Black Catholics aggravated John Cody, who opposed many of the desired changes.
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John Cody did not budge and threatened to withdraw archdiocesan funds from the parish if the St Anthony statue was not returned to its place.
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The opposition to John Cody's leadership waned as his health declined in the early 1980s.
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John Cody was succeeded in the summer of 1982 by the markedly progressive Joseph Bernardin.
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John Cody died that year at the age of 74 and was interred in the Bishops' Mausoleum at Mount Carmel Cemetery.