Francis James Harrison
Catholic bishop
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Francis James Harrison was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Syracuse from 1977 to 1987. Biography One of six children, Francis Harrison was born in Syracuse, New York, to Francis and Mary Harrison. He graduated from St. Lucy Academy, where he was class president and valedictorian, in 1929. He attended the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, where he played varsity baseball, before entering St. Bernard's Seminary in Rochester in 1931. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 4, 1937. During his priestly ministry, he served as assistant director of Utica Catholic Charities; curate at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Utica, St. Mary of the Assumption in Binghamton, and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse; and founding pastor of St. Andrew the Apostle in Syracuse, St. Patrick in Binghamton, and St. James in Syracuse.
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