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Show JOHX MUR PHY FARLEY. All signs and reports from Rome Indicate that Archbishop Farley of New York will be selected as the second sec-ond American Cardinal at the next consistory. . John Murphy Farley was born at Newton Hamilton, County Armagh, Ireland, April. 20. 1842, the son of Philip and Catherine Farley. He studied In -colleges in Ireland, and the United States and then entered the American college In Rome. He was ordained priest In Rome June 20, 1870. For two years after he was an as- sistant , rector on Staten Island, and from 1872 until 1884 he was secretary to Archbishop McCloskey of New York. The following year he became private chamberlain to Pope Leo XIII. In 1891 he was vicar-general of the archdiocese of New York. The following follow-ing year he was domestic prelate of the Pope. December 21, 1895, he was consecrated con-secrated titular bishop of Zeugma. (After the death of Archbishop Cor-rlgan Cor-rlgan in 1902 he was appointed archbishop arch-bishop on September 15. He Is the author of a number of works, notably "Life of Cardinal McCloskey." |