Download or read book Bishop Healy written by Albert S. Foley and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bishop James A. Healy was a mystery prelate: a man surrounded by legend during his lifetime, his story was long taboo among historians. Fifty years after his death, the archive and records and the bishop's own diary have been made available that tell of his rise from birth in slavery to Bishop of the Diocese of Maine, Assistant to the Papal Throne, and the most outstanding Catholic orator of New England.