August 26, 1984(1984-08-26) (aged 86) Baltimore, Maryland
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Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore-Washington (1945–53) Bishop of Bridgeport (1953–61) Coadjutor Archbishop of Baltimore (1961)
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Lawrence Joseph Shehan (March 18, 1898 – August 26, 1984) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland from 1961 to 1974 and was made a cardinal in 1965. Shehan previously served as an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore from 1945 to 1953 as bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport in Connecticut from 1953 to 1961.
As bishop of Bridgeport, Shehan established new parishes and other facilities to meet the needs of the expanding Catholic population, working to create new ministries for Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking Catholics. As archbishop of Baltimore, he condemned racial discrimination in the archdiocese and participated in the American Civil Rights Movement. Shehan was one of the first Catholic prelates to condemn the Vietnam War. He was also a strong advocate for building ecumenical ties with the Protestant and Jewish communities.
Shehan's reputation has been tarnished by revelations in 2019 and 2023 that he mishandled sexual abuse allegations against clergy in both Bridgeport and Baltimore.
Lawrence Joseph Shehan (March 18, 1898 – August 26, 1984) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese...
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in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. In the early 1960s LawrenceShehan decided to build an Archdiocesan Catholic high school on an 87-acre...
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named Bishop LawrenceShehan of the Diocese of Bridgeport to assist Keough as coadjutor archbishop. When Keough died in December 1961, Shehan automatically...
director of the archdiocesan branch of Catholic Charities by Cardinal LawrenceShehan, serving in that position for ten years. In 1970, Pope Paul VI named...
Vatican Council, Father Gommar DePauw came into conflict with Cardinal LawrenceShehan, Archbishop of Baltimore, over the interpretation of the council's...
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class of 420 freshmen, and was dedicated on 17 April 1962, by Cardinal LawrenceShehan. The building was designed by the local architect Edward H. Glidden...
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for Charlotte FC Dave Boswell, Major League Baseball pitcher, 1964-71 Lawrence Cager, NFL Player James Collins, bandleader, founder of the group Fertile...
Auxiliary Bishop LawrenceShehan of the Archdiocese of Baltimore as the first bishop of Bridgeport. During his tenure in Bridgeport, Shehan established 18...
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1944) Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon (4 April 1944 – 9 Sep 1945) Lawrence Joseph Shehan (17 Nov 1945 – 25 August 1953) Frédéric Duc (11 Jan 1954 – 10 Dec...
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