Timothy Cardinal Dolan, archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, returns to his St. Louis hometown to deliver a public lecture at noon Wednesday, March 2, in Graham Chapel on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
The lecture, sponsored by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, will be followed by a reception in Umrath Lounge from 1:30-3 p.m. Both the lecture and the reception are free and open to the public. No tickets are required, but an RSVP is requested.
Seating in Graham Chapel will be first come, first served. Doors will open at 11 a.m. An RSVP, while helpful in facilitating contact for parking passes and event changes, does not guarantee admission or seating. For more information, or to RSVP, call 314-935-6447 or email rap@wustl.edu.
Cardinal Dolan was named Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. He served previously as Archbishop of Milwaukee, having been appointed there by Pope Saint John Paul II in 2002.
Born Feb. 6, 1950, Cardinal Dolan was the first of five children born to Shirley and Robert Dolan. His education began at Holy Infant Parish School in Ballwin, Mo., and continued through the high school and college seminaries in St. Louis.
After completing his priesthood preparation in Rome, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of St. Louis on June 19, 1976. He served as associate pastor at Immacolata Parish in Richmond Heights, Mo., until 1979 when he began studies for a doctorate in American Church History at The Catholic University of America.
On his return to St. Louis, Cardinal Dolan again served in parish ministry from 1983-87, and then was appointed to a five-year term as secretary to the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, D.C. When he returned to St. Louis in 1992, he was appointed vice-rector and professor of church history at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, as well as an adjunct professor of theology at Saint Louis University.
In 1994, he was appointed rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome, where he remained until June 2001. While in Rome, he also served as a visiting professor of church history both at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.
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