Cardinal Edward Michael Egan was born on April 2, 1932, in the United States and was ordained as a priest in the Archdiocese of Chicago. He studied theology and canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. In 1985, Egan was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of New York and later served as the Bishop of Bridgeport. He became the Archbishop of New York in 2000 and was elevated to Cardinal in..
