People directory / Clergy and leadership

Portrait cataloged in the archive as Bishop Kelley. The original HEIC scan is retained in the Kelley collection.

Documented in the reviewed books; project role needs primary corroboration

Bishop Francis Clement Kelley

Clergy and leadership

What the reviewed record states

Upon This Rock identifies Bishop Francis Clement Kelley with the decision to begin a new church at Sacred Heart and to dedicate it to Christ the King. The clergy history describes Msgr. James McGuire as overseeing day-to-day construction while Kelley set broader direction.

Attributed account

A later parish account credits Kelley’s influence in employing Byrne and Ryan. His surviving papers and correspondence are the appropriate primary records for the scope and timing of that decision.

Open questions

The specific authority, commissioning sequence, and division of responsibility among Kelley, the diocese, pastor, trustees, and architect require dated correspondence, agreements, and diocesan records.

Sources and research links

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