article_snippet: (CNN)Cardinal Edward Egan, who led the Archdiocese of New York for nearly a decade, died Thursday at 82, the Archdiocese of New York announced.
article_snippet: Cardinal Edward Egan was pronounced dead of a heart attack at NYU Langone Medical Center at 2:20 p.m.
article_snippet: "Thank God Cardinal Edward Egan had a peaceful death, passing away right after lunch today," Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Cardinal Edward Egan's successor and current archbishop of New York, said in a statement.
article_snippet: Cardinal Edward Egan was appointed archbishop of New York New York in 2000 and later cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
article_snippet: Cardinal Edward Egan retired from the Archdiocese of New York in 2009.
article_snippet: As the leader of one of the largest Catholic communities in the country, Cardinal Edward Egan oversaw a growth of more than 200,000 registered parishioners and welcomed Pope Benedict XVI on a visit to New York City in 2008 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of New York.
article_snippet: Cardinal Edward Egan spread love and knowledge, and brought comfort to countless New Yorkers and others across the country and the world who sought Cardinal Edward Egan guidance and counsel -- especially in the aftermath of 9/11," said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio in a statement.
article_snippet: Cardinal Edward Egan served previously as the bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, from 1988 to 2000, when the Diocese of New York was at the center of a child sex abuse scandal.
article_snippet: Cardinal Edward Egan was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1932 and was ordained in Rome at the Pontifical North American College in 1957.
highlights_snippet: Cardinal Edward Egan died of a heart attack .
  
highlights_snippet: Cardinal Edward Egan served as archbishop of New York from 2000 to 2009 .