Rector Installation

Our Rectors

Dom Bernard Smith OSB 1859–1860 Fr. William G. McCloskey 1860–1868 Fr. Francis S. M. Chatard 1868–1878 Msgr. Louis Hostelot 1878–1884 Fr. Augustine J. Schulte 1884–1885 Fr. Denis J. O'Connell 1885–1895 Fr. William H. O'Connell 1895–1901 Bishop Thomas F. Kennedy 1901–1917 Msgr. Charles O'Hern 1917–1925 Msgr. Eugene S. Burke 1925–1935 Bishop Ralph L. Hayes 1935–1944 Fr. James Gerald Kealy 1945–1946 Bishop Martin J. O'Connor 1946–1964 Bishop Francis F. Reh 1964–1968 Bishop James A. Hickey 1969–1974 Msgr. Harold P. Darcy 1974–1979 Msgr. Charles M. Murphy 1979–1984 Msgr. Lawrence M. Purcell 1984–1990 Msgr. Edwin F. O'Brien 1990–1994 Msgr. Timothy M. Dolan 1994–2001 Msgr. Kevin C. McCoy 2001–2005 Msgr. James F. Checchio 2005–2016 Fr. Peter C. Harman 2016-2022 Msgr. Thomas W. Powers 2022-

opposite page top to bottom Then-Monsignor, Timothy Cardinal Dolan '76 leads a group of seminarians in St. Peter's Square.; Then-Bishop, James Cardinal Hickey '51 meets with Pope St. Paul VI.; Former rectors of the College attend an alumni reunion: Msgr. Harold Darcy ’55, Very Rev. Timothy Dolan ’76, James Cardinal Hickey ’51, then-Msgr. Edwin Cardinal O’Brien’76, and Msgr. Lawrence Purcell ’66.; Msgr. Thomas Powers is installed as the 24th Rector of the College at Holy Mass celebrated by Bishop Robert Deeley (Portland), Chairman of the Board of Governors. Also pictured: George Cardinal Pell, Prefect-emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy; Lazarus Cardinal You Heung-sik, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy; Archbishop Allen Vigneron ‘75 (Detroit); Bishop Frank Caggiano (Bridgeport), Msgr. Powers’s ordinary; and Rev. Gregory Polan O.S.B., Abbot Primate of the Order of St. Benedict.