Early life William Scully was born on August 6, 1894, in
New York City. He attended Cathedral College in New York City and
St. Joseph's Seminary in
Yonkers, New York. He also studied at the
Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Scully as a
curate and afterwards
pastor at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Manhattan. He later became pastor of that parish. The archdiocese transferred him later to St. Mary's Parish in
Troy for nine years. Cardinal
Francis Spellman appointed Scully as secretary of education for the archdiocese in 1940. He also headed the New York State Catholic Welfare Committee and the
Catholic Charities division of the
National Catholic Welfare Council. In 1963, Sculley was forced to return to Albany from the
Second Vatican Council in Rome due to fatigue. He delegated the active administration of the diocese to an
auxiliary bishop in 1966.
Death and legacy Scully died on January 5, 1969, from
bronchial pneumonia at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, at age 74. Governor
Nelson Rockefeller described his death as "a grievous loss—not only to those of his faith but to all of us in New York State." ==References==