a member of the College of Patriarchs and Bishops. The next year, Curley celebrated the mass at the end of the Eucharistic Conference in Dublin. Curley was a strong opponent of the foreign policy of President Franklin Roosevelt, of policies of the Spanish government that Curley called anti-clerical and of the American film industry. He vigorously fought efforts in Baltimore to open movie theaters on Sunday. He also criticized the establishment of Newman Centres at secular universities, which he felt undermined Catholic schools. In 1936, Curley called upon his fellow Catholic bishops to conduct a study of the influences of communism in the United States. He once engaged in a public feud with The Baltimore Sun when one of its reporters compared Adolf Hitler to Ignatius of Loyola. Although his predecessor Archbishop James Gibbons was appointed cardinal, Curley never received the same distinction. Archbishop of Baltimore and Washington On July 22, 1939, Pope Pius XII separated Washington, DC, from the Archdiocese of Baltimore to form the new Archdiocese of Washington. While retaining his position as Archbishop of Baltimore, Curley was named the first Archbishop of Washington and governed the two archdioceses as a single unit. Death and legacy By 1943, after an operation for a detached retina, Curley had given up his public appearances.Curley suffered from sinusitis, shingles, and high blood pressure. A series of strokes caused him to have partial paralysis and blindness. Michael Curley died at Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore from a stroke on May 16, 1947 at age 67. He was buried in the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore. After Curley's death, the pope appointed separate archbishops for Baltimore (Francis Keough) and Washington (Patrick O'Boyle). See also Catholic Church hierarchy Catholic Church in the United States Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States List of Catholic bishops of the United States Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops References External links Archbishop Curley High School Website Most Rev. Michael J. Curley. Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved on 2016-11-19. Archbishops of the Modern Era (1851 - 2012). Archdiocese of Baltimore. Retrieved on 2016-11-19. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore 1879 births 1947 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the United States Alumni of the Royal University of Ireland Roman Catholic bishops of Saint Augustine Roman Catholic archbishops of Baltimore Burials at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Irish