FAR'LEY, JOIIN Mt:1{1'11V ( 1842—) . An American Roman Catholic prelate, born at New ton Hamilton, Ireland. lle came to America after his education had begun, was a student in the provincial seminary at Troy, and completed his theological studies at the American College in Rome. Here lie was ordained in 1870, and two years later, after a short pastorate in Staten Island, he be-came secretary to Cardinal McCloskey. his abilities, especially as an or ganizer, were so highly regarded in Rome that lie was unanimously chosen rector of the American College; but the Cardinal, who was then near his end, refused to part with him, recommending him, however, to the Pope for the honorary ap pointment of private chamberlain. in 1891 he became Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of New York, and in 1895 he was further honored by the appointment of prothonotary apostolic. Soon af terwards, when the growth of the archdiocese re quired the appointment of an assistant bishop. he
was chosen for the position. Early in 1902, when the Archbishop desired to have a coadjutor with right of succession, instead of an auxiliary bishop, Monsignor Farley's name was mentioned, and in all probability he would have been ap pointed had not the Archbishop's death rendered necessary the appointment of a successor instead of a coadjutor. Again lie was the unanimous choice, being mentioned first in the lists alike of the clergy of the diocese, the bishops of the provinces, and the archbishops of the United States. His official appointment to the see fol lowed in October of the same year, being regarded as a promise of continuity in administration, since in the last years of his predecessor the practical work of the archdiocese bad been largely in his hands.