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US Catholic clergyman
ordained Catholic priest 1945
served in US Navy Chaplain Corps 1952-1979
chief of Navy chaplains 1975-1979
vicar general of Military Vicariate 1979-1983
Catholic bishop of Scranton 1983-1984
Catholic archbishop of New York City 1984-2000
cardinal 1985
leading US proponent of Vatican stance on social and doctrinal issues
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