Toolen, Archbishop Thomas J.
The funeral of Archbishop Thomas Joseph Toolen. Toolen, born in Baltimore in 1886 was ordained in 1910. In 1927 Pope Pius XI appointed Toolen the sixth bishop of Mobile, Alabama. He was named archbishop in 1954. Toolen was instrumental in establishing churches, schools, and a hospital for African Am...
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University of South Alabama Archives, McCall Library
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| Summary: | The funeral of Archbishop Thomas Joseph Toolen. Toolen, born in Baltimore in 1886 was ordained in 1910. In 1927 Pope Pius XI appointed Toolen the sixth bishop of Mobile, Alabama. He was named archbishop in 1954. Toolen was instrumental in establishing churches, schools, and a hospital for African Americans in Mobile, but has become better known for his opposition to Catholics' participation in the events in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. Toolen died in Mobile in 1976. |
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