Cardinal Egan, Former NY Archbishop, Dies at 82

Cardinal Edward Egan, who headed the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York from 2000 to 2009, died Thursday after suffering a heart attack at his Manhattan residence. He was 82. He was pronounced dead at the New York University Langone Medical Center, the archdiocese announced. Born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1932, Egan was ordained a priest in 1957 and consecrated a bishop in 1985. Egan was appointed by Pope John Paul II to the College of Cardinals in 2001. As archbishop of New...

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