superintendent of the diocesan schools. In 1920, Kelly and the other bishops in Michigan defeated a proposed amendment by nativist groups to the Michigan State Constitution that would have required all children between ages five and 16 to attend public schools. Bishop of Grand Rapids On January 16, 1919, Pope Benedict XV named Kelly as the third bishop of the Diocese of Grand Rapids; he was installed on May 20, 1919. Edward Kelly died on March 26, 1926, at the episcopal residence in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from a hemorrhage or embolism. He was age 65. References People from Hartford, Michigan 1926 deaths 1860 births St. Charles College alumni Roman Catholic bishops of Grand Rapids 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit Theta Phi Alpha