Dolan, Timothy Michael (1950-…), became a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in 2012. Cardinals advise the pope and elect his successor after he dies. Dolan also has served as the archbishop of New York since 2009. In 2010, Dolan became president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The conference is an organization made up of all the active and retired members of the Roman Catholic leadership in the United States. Before being named archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI, Dolan had served as archbishop of Milwaukee since 2002. Dolan is known for his support of conservative church teachings.
Timothy Michael Dolan was born in St. Louis on Feb. 6, 1950. He earned a B.A. in philosophy from Cardinal Glennon College in St. Louis in 1972, an S.T.L. (licentiate in sacred theology) from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome in 1976, and a Ph.D. in church history from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1985. Dolan was ordained (made a priest) in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis in 1976.
Dolan held a number of positions in the Catholic Church from the late 1970’s through the early 2000’s. These positions included parish priest in St. Louis; secretary to the Vatican’s diplomatic mission in Washington, D.C.; vice rector of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis; rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome; and auxiliary bishop of St. Louis. Pope John Paul II appointed him archbishop of Milwaukee in 2002.
Dolan is the author of several books and many articles in journals and other publications. His books include “Some Seed Fell on Good Ground”: The Life of Edwin V. O’Hara (1992), Priests for the Third Millennium (2000), Called to Be Holy (2005), and To Whom Shall We Go? (2008).
