biography
| name: |
Kelley, Francis Clement
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1870–1948)
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| biography:
| Catholic prelate, born on Prince Edward Island, Canada. A small-town pastor in Michigan and a chaplain in the Spanish American War, he founded the Catholic Church Extension Society (1905) to introduce and maintain Catholicism in far-flung rural areas of the USA. He led the society until being named Bishop of Oklahoma in 1924. He was made a monsignor in 1915. |
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