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Styles of
**Thomas Andrew Donnellan**
Styles of; Thomas Andrew Donnellan
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Thomas Andrew Donnellan
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Thomas Andrew Donnellan
Archbishop of Atlanta
See	Archdiocese of Atlanta
Installed	July 16, 1968
Term ended	October 15, 1987
Predecessor	Paul John Hallinan
Successor	Eugene Antonio Marino
Other post(s)	Bishop of Ogdensburg (1964–1968)
Orders
Ordination	June 3, 1939; by Francis Spellman
Consecration	April 9, 1964; by Francis Spellman
Personal details
Born	January 24, 1914; Bronx, New York, US
Died	October 15, 1987 (aged 73); Atlanta, Georgia, US
Buried	Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs, Georgia
Education	St. Joseph's Seminary; The Catholic University of America
Motto	Ministrare non ministrari; (To serve, not to be served)

Thomas Andrew Donnellan (January 24, 1914 – October 15, 1987) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg in New York from 1964 to 1968, and as the second archbishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in Georgia from 1968 until his death.

Biography

Early life

The eldest of two children, Thomas Donnellan was born on January 24, 1914, in Bronx, New York, to Andrew and Margaret (née Egan) Donnellan. After graduating from Regis High School in the Bronx in 1931, Donnellan entered St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York, in 1933.^[1]

Priesthood

Donnellan was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan by Archbishop Francis Spellman on June 3, 1939. In 1942, Donnellan received a doctorate in canon law from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.^{[citation needed]}

Upon graduation, Donnellan was appointed as assistant pastor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, becoming Spellman's secretary in 1954.^[2] Donnellan was named chancellor in 1958.^[3] In 1962, Donnellan became the rector of St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York.^[4]

In June 1954, Pope Pius XII named Donnellan as papal chamberlain. He was elevated in March 1958 to domestic prelate. In December 1962, Pope John XXIII elevated Donnellan to the rank of prothonotary apostolic.^{[citation needed]}

Bishop of Ogdensburg

On February 28, 1964, Pope Paul VI appointed Donnellan as bishop of Ogdensburg. He was consecrated on April 9, 1964, by Cardinal Francis Spellman in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, and installed on April 13.^[5]^[6]

Archbishop of Atlanta

On May 29, 1968, following the death of Archbishop Paul Hallinan, Bishop Donnellan was appointed by Paul VI as the second archbishop of Atlanta; he was installed on July 16, 1968. During his 19-year tenure, Donnellan guided the archdiocese through extensive growth, with the number of Catholics in North Georgia nearly tripling from 50,000 in 1968 to over 133,000.^[1]

In 1968, Donnellan suspended Reverend Conald Foust, the pastor of an African-American parish in Atlanta, from his pastoral duties. An activist priest with prior problems with the archdiocese, Foust was suspended from not wearing vestments during mass and giving communion to non-Catholics. There were reports that Foust later married.^[7]

In January 1970, Donnellan barred new enrollments in the archdiocese's Catholic schools as a gesture of support to the integration of local public school systems.

Death and legacy

In May 1987, Donnellan suffered a stroke.^[2] He died on October 15, 1987, in Atlanta. His funeral was held at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. It was attended by over 1,000 mourners, with the apostolic pro-nuncio in the United States, Archbishop Pio Laghi, serving as the principal celebrant.^[8]

Donnellan is buried at Arlington Cemetery in Sandy Springs, Georgia. The Archbishop Donnellan School in Atlanta opened in 1996.^[9]

Viewpoints

Poverty

In 1984, Donnellan was one of the co-authors of Economic Justice For All: Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy, which was unveiled at a meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. The document urged a moral perspective in viewing the economy from the vantage point of the nation's poor.^[10]^[2]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b "Archbishop and Bishops | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA". Retrieved 2024-05-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Archbishop Donnellan Of Atlanta Dies at 73". The New York Times. 1987-10-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
^ "THOMAS DONNELLAN, ATLANTA ARCHBISHOP". Sun Sentinel. 1987-10-17. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ "PLANT DEDICATED FOR PAULIST PRESS; Archbishop Boland Blesses Building at Glen Rock, N.J." The New York Times. 1964-02-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ "Archbishop's Biography", Georgia Bulletin, July 16, 1968.
^ "Archbishop Thomas Andrew Donnellan [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
^ Moore, Andrew S. (2006). "The Beloved Community and the People of God: The Community of Christ Our Brother in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, 1967-1969". U.S. Catholic Historian. 24 (4): 105–123. ISSN 0735-8318.
^ "Archbishop Thomas A Donnellan -- 1914 - 1987", Georgia Bulletin, October 22, 1987 [1]
^ "The Archbishop Donnellan School". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta. 1996-10-29. Archived from the original on 1996-10-29. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
^ "Archbishop Guided Extraordinary Church Growth", Georgia Bulletin, October 22, 1987 [2]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Paul John Hallinan	Archbishop of Atlanta 1968–1987	Succeeded by Eugene Antonio Marino
Preceded by Leo Richard Smith	Bishop of Ogdensburg 1964–1968	Succeeded by Stanislaus Joseph Brzana