Brother school in the country. Bishop of Omaha On May 16, 1916, Harty was appointed bishop of what was then Diocese of Omaha with the personal title of archbishop. He filled the vacancy of Bishop Richard Scannell, who died on January 8, 1916. In 1917, Harty expressed skepticism of Father Edward J. Flanagan and his establishment of Boys Town, a home for troubled boys in Boys Town, Nebraska. However, Harty would later endorse the goals of Boys Town. The actor Minor Watson portrayed the bishop of Omaha in the 1938 film Boys Town. On October 29, 1927, Jeremiah Harty died at age 73. References 1853 births 1927 deaths Clergy from St. Louis American expatriates in the Philippines Roman Catholic archbishops of Manila 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Philippines Roman Catholic bishops of Omaha 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the United States Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila