From Archdiocese of New York

    The Most Reverend Edward M. Egan, Archbishop-elect of New York, will be installed in Saint Patrick's Cathedral as Archbishop on June 18 and June 19.

    On Sunday, June 18, at 4:00 p.m. Archbishop-elect Egan took Canonical Possession of the Archdiocese of New York. The Ceremony of Canonical Possession was accompanied by the celebration of Vespers of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.

    On Monday, June 19, at 2:00 p.m., Archbishop-elect Egan will be formally Installed as Archbishop of New York. Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, Apostolic Nuncio, will Install Archbishop Egan in his See. It will be carried live on EWTN and repeated again at 8 p.m. EDT.

    Both the ceremony of Canonical Possession and the Mass of Installation are ticketed events and are by invitation only.

    The Most Reverend Edward M. Egan was born on April 2, 1932, in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of Thomas J. and Genevieve Costello Egan.

    Having earned a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Saint Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois, he was sent to Rome to complete his seminary studies at the Pontifical North American College in Vatican City. In 1958, he received a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. After ordination in Rome, he returned to the United States in 1958, where he served briefly as a curate at Holy Name Cathedral Parish and later as assistant chancellor of the Archdiocese of Chicago and secretary to His Eminence, Albert Cardinal Meyer.

    In 1960 Bishop Egan was named assistant vice-rector and repetitor of Moral Theology and Canon Law at the Pontifical North American College in Vatican City. In 1964, he earned a doctorate in Canon Law Summa Cum Laude from the Pontifical Gregorian University and thereafter returned to Chicago, where he served first as secretary to His Eminence, John Cardinal Cody, and later as the co-chancellor of the Archdiocese of Chicago. During this period, he was also secretary of the Archdiocesan Commissions on Ecumenism and Human Relations and was a member of several interfaith and ecumenical boards and commissions of social concerns throughout the greater Chicago area. Among these might be mentioned the Chicago Conference on Religion and Race, the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, and the Interreligious Committee for Urban Affairs. During this period, he likewise participated in numerous ecumenical undertakings, among them the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue of the United States Catholic Conference and Protestant Episcopal Church of America, the North American Academy of Ecumenists, and the Chicago Ecumenical Dialogue.

    In 1971 Bishop Egan returned to Rome as a judge of the Tribunal of the Sacred Roman Rota, a position he held until his episcopal consecration in May of 1985. While in Rome, he was as well a professor of Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University; a professor of Civil and Criminal Procedure at the Studium Rotale, the law school of the Rota; a commissioner of the Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship; a consultor of the Congregation for the Clergy; and in 1982 one of six canonists who reviewed the new Code of Canon Law with His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, before its promulgation in 1983.

    Bishop Egan was consecrated a bishop on May 22, 1985, in the Basilica of Saints John and Paul in Rome by His Eminence, Bernardin Cardinal Gantin, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops, with His Eminence, John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York, and His Excellency, the Most Reverend John R. Keating, Bishop of Arlington, as co-consecrators.

    In June of 1985, Bishop Egan became Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar for Education of the Archdiocese of New York.

    On November 8, 1988, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Egan to be the Third Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport. He was installed on December 14, 1988. There, Bishop Egan oversaw the regionalization of diocesan elementary schools, established active Hispanic and Haitian Apostolates, founded the Saint John Fisher Seminary Residence for young men considering the priesthood, reorganized diocesan healthcare facilities, and initiated the Inner-City Foundation for Charity and Education.

    In addition to his diocesan duties, the Bishop worked with the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in the following capacities: as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Pontifical North American College; as Chairman of the Committee on Science and Human Values; and as a member of the Committee on Canonical Affairs, the Committee on Education, the Committee on National Collections, and the Committee on Nominations. He has also served two terms on the Administrative Board of the same Conference.

    Bishop Egan is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, and has received honorary doctorates from Saint John University in New York, Thomas More College in New Hampshire, and Western Connecticut State University.

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