Edward Celestin Daly, O.P. (October 24, 1894 – November 23, 1964) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the

Diocese of Des Moines The Diocese of Des Moines ( la, Diœcesis Desmoinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the southwestern quarter of the U.S. state of Iowa. It is a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of t ...

in Iowa from 1948 until his death in 1964.

Biography

Early life

Edward Daly was born on October 24, 1894, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to James and Elizabeth (née Cairns) Daly. He attended

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from 1912 to 1914, and made his profession as a member of the Order of Preachers (more commonly known as the Dominicans) in 1915. He studied

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and theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. At age 26, Daly was ordained to the priesthood for the Order of Preachers by Bishop

John T. McNicholas John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. (December 15, 1877 – April 22, 1950) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A Dominican, he served as bishop of the Diocese of Duluth in Minnesota (1918–1925) and archbishop of the Archdi ...

on June 12, 1921.Daly then studied canon law at the

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until 1923, when he became secretary and archivist of the

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. During this period, he earned a Master of Sacred Theology degree in Rome in 1936 and also served as professor of canon law at the Dominican House of Studies.

Bishop of Des Moines

On March 13, 1948, Daly was appointed the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Des Moines by

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. He received his

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on May 13, 1948, from Archbishop

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, with Archbishops

Henry Rohlman Henry Patrick Rohlman (March 17, 1876 – September 13, 1957) was a German-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Davenport in Iowa from 1927 to 1944 and as coadjutor archbishop and archbishop of the Archdi ...

and

Leo Binz Leo Binz (October 31, 1900 – October 9, 1979) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Dubuque (1954–1961) and as Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis (1962–1975). A native of Illinois, he became a ...

serving as

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. He was named an assistant at the pontifical throne in May 1958. Daly attended the first three sessions of the Second Vatican Council. After attending its third session, Edward Daly died when his plane, TWA Flight 800, crashed shortly after takeoff at Fiumicino Airport near Rome.

References

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