The Most Reverend Edward Joseph Hanna | |
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| Archbishop emeritus of San Francisco | |
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| See | San Francisco |
| Installed | June 1, 1915 |
| Term ended | March 2, 1935 |
| Predecessor | Patrick William Riordan |
| Successor | John Joseph Mitty |
| Other post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (1912–15) |
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| Ordination | May 30, 1885 |
| Consecration | December 4, 1912 by Giovanni Bonzano |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1860-07-21)July 21, 1860 |
| Died | July 10, 1944(1944-07-10) (aged 83) Rome,Italy |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
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Edward Joseph Hanna (July 21, 1860 – July 10, 1944) was an Americanprelate of theRoman Catholic Church. He served asarchbishop of San Francisco from 1915 to 1935.
Edward Hanna was born inRochester,New York, to Edward and Anne (née Clark) Hanna, who wereIrish immigrants.[1] The eldest of six children, he had two brothers and three sisters, one of whom died in infancy.[2] In 1867, at age seven, he began his education at Public School No. 2 in his native city.[1] The following year, he was sent to St. Patrick's School.[2] He enteredRochester Free Academy in 1875, and graduated asvaledictorian in 1879.[2] He there befriended his classmate,Walter Rauschenbusch, a futureBaptist theologian and proponent of theSocial Gospel. He and Rauschenbusch were two of the nineteen founding brothers of Pi Phi Fraternity at the academy in 1878.[2] At the commencement ceremony, he delivered a well-received oration on Irish political leaderDaniel O'Connell.[1]
Deciding to become a priest, Hanna was sent byBernard John McQuaid to study at thePontifical North American College and theUrban College of Propaganda.[3] His professor at the Propaganda,Benedetto Lorenzelli, selected him and fellow studentEdward A. Pace as the American representatives at a philosophical disputation beforePope Leo XIII in 1882.[2]
On May 30, 1885, Hanna wasordained to thepriesthood by Giulio Lenti at theBasilica of St. John Lateran.[4]Pope Leo XIII conferred aDoctor of Sacred Theology degree on him without the need for an oral examination in 1886.[1]
He was a professor at St. Bernard's Seminary from 1893 to 1912. On October 22, 1912, he was elected byPope Pius X asauxiliary bishop for theArchdiocese of San Francisco andtitular bishop ofTitiopolis. He was ordained to the episcopate on December 4, 1912. During his time as archbishop, he resided in theArchbishop's Mansion in San Francisco.[5]
Following the death ofPatrick William Riordan on December 27, 1914.Pope Benedict XV appointed Hanna the thirdarchbishop of San Francisco on June 1, 1915.[4]
Hanna had a close friendship with San Francisco MayorJames Rolph Jr. The archbishop and "Sunny Jim" were seen at many civic functions. Hanna supported Rolph in his run for governor in 1930.
As archbishop, Hanna was often tasked with helping resolve labor disputes. In 1921, he was named chairman of San Francisco's wage arbitration boards; Hanna served on the boards through 1924.[6] As governor, Rolph appointed Hanna as the chairman of a state mediation board to resolve the 1933 cotton strike inCorcoran, California.[7] During the1934 West Coast waterfront strike, PresidentFranklin Roosevelt named Hanna the chairman of the National Longshoremen's Board. The board was tasked with resolving the strike by mediating between theInternational Longshoremen's Association, the International Seamen's Union, and their employers.[6]
In 1923 his portrait was painted three-quarters seated by the Swiss-born American portrait painterAdolfo Müller-Ury (1862–1947), shortly afterwards being exhibited atGump's, in San Francisco.
Hanna was key to the founding ofSt. Joseph's Seminary in Mountain View, California, and it was considered "the jewel of his accomplishments".[8]
In 1919, Hanna was elected by the bishops of the United States as the first chairman of theNational Catholic Welfare Council, a predecessor of theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which was renamed the National Catholic Welfare Conference in 1922; he continued as chairman through his retirement in 1935. As chairman, he was responsible for coordinating the American bishops' lobbying efforts and response to the domestic and foreign policies of the government.[9]
Archbishop Hanna retired March 2, 1935, due to ill health and advancing age.Pope Pius XI appointed Hanna the titular archbishop ofGortyna.[10] He was succeeded as archbishop of San Francisco byJohn Joseph Mitty. Hanna moved toRome after his retirement, where he died on July 10, 1944.[11] Hanna's body was returned to San Francisco in 1947. He is buried in the Archbishop's Crypt atHoly Cross Cemetery inColma, California.
Archbishop Hanna High School, part of the Hanna Boys Center inSonoma, California, since 1945, is a residential treatment center for at-risk boys.
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