Theodore Edgar McCarrick
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About
American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Washington from 2001 to 2006.
Before Fame
He served as an altar boy at the Church of the Incarnation in Washington Heights, New York.
Trivia
He was chosen to be placed in the Ellis Island Hall of Fame in 1990 because of his advocacy of Irish immigrants.
Family Life
His father was a ship captain who died when he was three years old.
Associated With
He was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope John Paul II in 2001.
