Daniel Anthony Cronin

Styles of Daniel Cronin

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Daniel Anthony Cronin (born November 14, 1927) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Fall River from 1970 to 1992, and Archbishop of Hartford from 1992 to 2003.

Early life and priesthood

Daniel Cronin was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and attended St. Peter School in Cambridge and graduated from Boston College High School in 1945. He studied at St. John's Seminary in Brighton from 1945 to 1949, and then furthered his studied at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, where Cronin was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Luigi Traglia on December 20, 1952. He then earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology (1953) and Doctorate of Sacred Theology (1956) from the Pontifical Gregorian University.

Cronin did pastoral work in Salisbury, Lynn, and Waltham before becoming an attaché of the Apostolic Internunciature to Ethiopia in 1957. He was made an attaché of the Vatican Secretariat of State in 1961, and a Papal Chamberlain in 1962.

Episcopal career

On June 10, 1968, Cronin was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Boston and Titular Bishop of Egnatia by Pope Paul VI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 12 from Richard Cardinal Cushing, with Bishops Jeremiah Minihan and Thomas Riley serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. He selected as his episcopal motto: "Ad Oboediendum Fidei", meaning, "For Obedience of Faith" (Romans 1:5).^[1] As an auxiliary bishop, he served as pastor of St. Raphael Church in Medford.

Cronin was later named the fifth Bishop of Fall River on October 30, 1970. He succeeded James Louis Connolly, and was installed at St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral on December 16, 1970. In 1975 he denounced U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) when Kennedy declared that he would not vote to outlaw abortion although he did not personally support it.^[2]

On December 10, 1991, Cronin was appointed the third Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, by Pope John Paul II. He succeeded the late John Francis Whealon, and was installed at the Cathedral of St. Joseph on January 28, 1992. He received the pallium, a vestment worn by metropolitan bishops, from John Paul II at St. Peter's Basilica on the following June 29. Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, he retired as Archbishop on October 20, 2003. He now resides at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, CT.

Views

Considered theologically conservative, Cronin is opposed to the ordination of women and homosexuality.^[3] He once stated, "The dominion of human life is in the hands of God. The gift of life starts from the time of conception and ends at the time of natural death."^[3]

References

↑ "Archbishop Cronin's Coat of Arms". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford.
↑ Miller, Lisa (2008-08-27). "The Believer". Newsweek.
1 2 Goldman, Ari L. (1991-12-11). "Pope Names Conservative New England Prelate to Be Archbishop of Hartford". The New York Times.

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Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by James Louis Connolly	Bishop of Fall River 1970–1992	Succeeded by Seán Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M.
Preceded by John Francis Whealon	Archbishop of Hartford 1992–2003	Succeeded by Henry J. Mansell

Archdiocese of Hartford

Ordinaries	Bishops William Tyler Bernard O'Reilly Francis Patrick McFarland Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. Lawrence S. McMahon Michael Tierney John J. Nilan Maurice F. McAuliffe Archishops Henry J. O'Brien John Francis Whealon Daniel Anthony Cronin Henry J. Mansell Leonard P. Blair

Auxiliary bishops	Joseph Francis Donnelly John Francis Hackett Paul Loverde Christie Macaluso John Gregory Murray Henry Joseph O'Brien Peter A. Rosazza

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford Basilica Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury Parishes St. Joseph Church, Ansonia St. Stanislaus Church, Bristol St. Michael the Archangel Church, Derby St. Adalbert Church, Enfield SS. Cyril and Methodius Church, Hartford St. Stanislaus Church, Meriden Holy Cross Church, New Britain Sacred Heart Church, New Britain St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven St. Mary Church, Newington Church of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk Immaculate Conception Church, Southington St. Joseph Church, Suffield St. Casimir Church, Terryville St. Mary Church, Torrington St. Hedwig Church, Union City SS. Peter and Paul Church, Wallingford St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Waterbury

Education	Seminaries St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield High Schools Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall, Milford Canterbury School, New Milford East Catholic High School, Manchester Holy Cross High School, Waterbury Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford Notre Dame High School, West Haven Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden Sacred Heart High School, Waterbury St. Paul Catholic High School, Bristol

Priests	Peter Leo Gerety Francis Patrick Keough

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Diocese of Fall River

Ordinaries	Bishops William Stang Daniel Francis Feehan James Edwin Cassidy James Louis Connolly Daniel Anthony Cronin Seán Patrick O'Malley George William Coleman Edgar Moreira da Cunha

Churches	Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral Parishes St. Anthony of Padua, New Bedford St. Anne's, Fall River

Education	High Schools Bishop Connolly High School Bishop Stang High School Bishop Feehan High School Coyle and Cassidy High School Saint John Paul II High School

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 45884802 LCCN: n88660881

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