Tomás Francisco Reilly
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Tomás Francisco Reilly was an American
born bishop
in the Catholic Church. He served as Prelate
of San Juan de la Maguana in the Dominican Republic
from 1956–1969 and the first bishop
of the Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana
from 1969-1977.
in the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
, more commonly known as the Redemptorists, and was ordained a priest on June 10, 1933.
Pope Pius XII
named Reily Titular Bishop
of Themisonium and Prelate of San Juan de la Maguana on July 22, 1956. He was consecrated a bishop on November 30, 1956 by Archbishop Salvatore Siino the Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas, the Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo
, and Bishop William Tibertus McCarty
, C.Ss.R. of Rapid City, South Dakota
. Bishop Reilly attended the second, third and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council
. Pope Paul VI
named him the first Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana when the prelacy was elevated to a diocese on November 21, 1969. He served the prelacy and diocese as a bishop for a total of 21 years. His resignation was accepted by Paul VI on July 20, 1977. He died at the age of 83 in 1992
United States
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born bishop
Bishop
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in the Catholic Church. He served as Prelate
Territorial Prelate
A territorial prelate is, in Catholic usage, a prelate whose geographic jurisdiction, called territorial prelature, does not belong to any diocese and is considered a particular church....
of San Juan de la Maguana in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
from 1956–1969 and the first bishop
Bishop
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of the Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana
Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo.- Ordinaries :...
from 1969-1977.
Biography
Thomas Francis Reilly was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He professed religious vowsReligious vows
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in the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer is a Roman Catholic missionary Congregation founded by Saint Alphonsus Liguori at Scala, near Amalfi, Italy for the purpose of labouring among the neglected country people in the neighbourhood of Naples.Members of the Congregation, priests and brothers,...
, more commonly known as the Redemptorists, and was ordained a priest on June 10, 1933.
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII
The Venerable Pope Pius XII , born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958....
named Reily Titular Bishop
Titular bishop
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of Themisonium and Prelate of San Juan de la Maguana on July 22, 1956. He was consecrated a bishop on November 30, 1956 by Archbishop Salvatore Siino the Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas, the Coadjutor Archbishop of Santo Domingo
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, in the Dominican Republic. It is responsible for the dioceses of Baní, Barahona, Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, San Juan de la Maguana and San Pedro de Macorís.The see was elevated to an archdiocese on 12...
, and Bishop William Tibertus McCarty
William Tibertus McCarty
William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. A Redemptorist, he served as Bishop of Rapid City from 1948 to 1969.-Biography:...
, C.Ss.R. of Rapid City, South Dakota
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City
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. Bishop Reilly attended the second, third and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council
Second Vatican Council
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. Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI
Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...
named him the first Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana when the prelacy was elevated to a diocese on November 21, 1969. He served the prelacy and diocese as a bishop for a total of 21 years. His resignation was accepted by Paul VI on July 20, 1977. He died at the age of 83 in 1992