John Francis Dearden
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About
American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Detroit from 1958 to 1980.
Before Fame
He studied to become a priest at St. Mary's Seminary from 1925 to 1929.
Trivia
The Wanderer, a Roman Catholic weekly newspaper, called him "a major heretic" and "one of the worst the Catholic Church has ever suffered from."
Family Life
He was the oldest of five children.
Associated With
He was a cardinal elector in the October 1978 papal conclave that selected Pope John Paul II.
