# Daniel Joseph Curley > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Joseph_Curley > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Joseph_Curley.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Joseph_Curley > Source revision: 1336934614 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American Catholic Bishop of Syracuse}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific-prefix = | name = Daniel Joseph Curley | honorific-suffix = | title = Bishop of Syracuse | image = Bish. D.J. Curley LCCN2014719050.tif | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | appointed = February 19, 1923 | elected = | term = | term_start = 1923 | quashed = | term_end = 1932 | predecessor = | successor = | opposed = | other_post = | ordination = May 19, 1894 | ordained_by = [Lucido Maria Parocchi](/source/Lucido_Maria_Parocchi) | consecration = May 1, 1923 | consecrated_by = [Patrick Joseph Hayes](/source/Patrick_Joseph_Hayes) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|06|16}} | birth_place = New York City, US | death_date = {{Death date and age|1932|08|03|1869|06|16}} | death_place = [Syracuse, New York](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York), US | buried = Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | religion = Roman Catholic | residence = | parents = Michael and Margaret (née Swan) Curley | spouse = | children = | occupation = | previous_post = | profession = | alma_mater = | signature = | coat_of_arms = | motto = | education = St. Joseph's Seminary
St. Francis Xavier College | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms_alt = | feast_day = | venerated = | saint_title = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = | attributes = | patronage = | shrine = | suppressed_date = | other = | honorific_prefix = [His Excellency](/source/His_Excellency), [The Most Reverend](/source/The_Most_Reverend) }} '''Daniel Joseph Curley''' (June 16, 1869 – August 3, 1932) was an American [prelate](/source/prelate) of the [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church). He served as [bishop of Syracuse](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Syracuse) in New York State from 1923 until his death in 1932. ==Biography== === Early life === Daniel Curley was born on June 16, 1869, in New York City to Michael and Margaret (née Swan) Curley.{{cite news |work=[Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Syracuse) |title=Most Rev. Daniel Joseph Curley |url=http://www.syrdio.org/bishop.asp?path=Bishop&action=viewBishop&BishopID=17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609151729/http://www.syrdio.org/bishop.asp?path=Bishop&action=viewBishop&BishopID=17 |archivedate=2009-06-09 }} He studied at [St. Francis Xavier College](/source/Xavier_High_School_(New_York_City)) in Queens and afterwards [St. Joseph's Seminary](/source/St._Joseph's_Seminary%2C_Dunwoodie) in [Troy, New York](/source/Troy%2C_New_York), While at St. Josephs, he befriended another seminarian, [Patrick Joseph Hayes](/source/Patrick_Joseph_Hayes) who would later become archbishop of New York.{{cite news|date=1932-08-04|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|title=Bishop D.J. Curley dies in Syracuse}} Curley furthered his studies at the [Pontifical North American College](/source/Pontifical_North_American_College) in [Rome](/source/Rome). === Priesthood === Curley was [ordained](/source/Holy_Orders) to the priesthood in Rome for the [Archdiocese of New York](/source/Archdiocese_of_New_York) by Cardinal [Lucido Maria Parocchi](/source/Lucido_Maria_Parocchi) on May 19, 1894.{{Cite web |title=The Catholic Transcript 11 August 1932 — The Catholic News Archive |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=CTR19320811-01.2.120&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222085504/https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=CTR19320811-01.2.120&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- |archive-date=2025-02-22 |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=thecatholicnewsarchive.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Bishop Daniel Joseph Curley [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcurley.html |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}} Following his return to New York, he served as a [curate](/source/curate) at the [Holy Name Parish](/source/Holy_Name_of_Jesus_Roman_Catholic_Church_(Manhattan)) in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan).{{Cite web |title=Holy Name |url=https://holynamenyc.org/ |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=Holy Name |language=en}} Archbishop [Michael Corrigan](/source/Michael_Corrigan) named Curley as his secretary in 1901. The next year, Curley was named the founding [pastor](/source/pastor) of [Our Lady of Solace Parish](/source/Our_Lady_of_Solace_Church_(Bronx)) in the [Bronx](/source/The_Bronx). In 1921, Hayes suggested that the Vatican appoint Curley as an [auxiliary bishop](/source/auxiliary_bishop) of New York. === Bishop of Syracuse === On February 19, 1923, Curley was appointed the third bishop of Syracuse by [Pope Pius XI](/source/Pope_Pius_XI). He received his [episcopal](/source/Bishop_(Catholic_Church)) [consecration](/source/consecration) on May 1, 1923 from Archbishop Hayes, with Bishops [Edmund Gibbons](/source/Edmund_Gibbons) and [William Turner](/source/William_Turner_(Bishop_of_Buffalo)) serving as [co-consecrators](/source/Consecrator), at [St. Patrick's Cathedral](/source/St._Patrick's_Cathedral%2C_New_York) in Manhattan. [Edward Joseph Hanna](/source/Edward_Joseph_Hanna), archbishop of San Francisco, preached the sermon. During Curley's nine-year tenure in Syracuse, the Catholic population of the diocese increased from 173,200 to 201,152. He established a [Society for the Propagation of the Faith](/source/Society_for_the_Propagation_of_the_Faith), 28 parishes, 18 schools, Loretto Rest, and [Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital](/source/Lourdes_Hospital_(Binghamton%2C_New_York)) in Binghamton, New York. At his invitation, the Sisters of Perpetual Rosary opened the first home for [cloister](/source/cloister)ed [nun](/source/nun)s in Syracuse. One of Curley's final official acts was the approval of financing for a new parish in [Lyncourt, New York](/source/Lyncourt%2C_New_York). It was later named St. Daniel's Parish in his honor.[https://www.stdaniel.com/history "History of St. Daniel Church] === Death and legacy === Curley died from heart disease at age 63 in [Syracuse, New York](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York). He is buried in the [crypt](/source/crypt) of the [Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception](/source/Cathedral_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_(Syracuse%2C_New_York)). ==References== {{reflist}} {{start box}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | before=[John Grimes](/source/John_Grimes_(bishop_of_Syracuse)) | title=[Bishop of Syracuse](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Syracuse)| years=1923–1932 | after=[John A. Duffy](/source/John_A._Duffy)}} {{end box}} {{Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse|state=collapsed}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Curley, Daniel Joseph}} Category:1869 births Category:1932 deaths Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Syracuse Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Daniel Joseph Curley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Joseph_Curley) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Joseph_Curley?action=history)). 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