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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Michael Joseph Ready
Bishop of Columbus

Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of Columbus
In office	January 4, 1945 to May 2, 1957
Predecessor	James Joseph Hartley
Successor	Clarence George Issenmann
Orders
Ordination	September 14, 1918 by John Farrelly
Consecration	December 14, 1944 by Archbishop Amleto Cicognani
Personal details
Born	April 9, 1893 New Haven, Connecticut, US
Died	May 2, 1957(1957-05-02) (aged 64) Columbus, Ohio, US
Education	St. Vincent Seminary St. Bernard Seminary St. Mary Seminary

Styles of Michael Ready

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

Michael Joseph Ready (April 9, 1893 – May 2, 1957) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio from 1944 until his death.

Biography

Early life

The second youngest of 14 children, Michael Ready was born on April 9, 1893, in New Haven, Connecticut, to Michael T. and Mary A. (née Ellis) Ready. His parents were Irish immigrants who moved to the United States in the 1880s. In 1900, he and his family moved to Mansfield, Ohio, and later to Barberton, Ohio.

Ready studied at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, at St. Bernard Seminary in Rochester, New York, and at St. Mary Seminary in Cleveland, Ohio.

Priesthood

Ready was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Cleveland by Bishop John Farrelly on September 14, 1918. He then served as an assistant pastor, teacher, and director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in the diocese. In 1931, he was named Assistant general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, becoming its general secretary in 1936. He was raised to the rank of monsignor in 1934. During his time in Washington, Ready became friends with sports writer Bob Considine, baptizing his son in 1939.

In 1939, Ready joined Bishops John Gannon and James Griffin in a visit to Mexico to confer with Archbishop Luis Martínez. They were discussing the founding of a seminary in Las Vegas, New Mexico, to supply priests for the Mexican Church, since seminaries were at that time illegal in that country. During the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s, Ready denounced the Spanish government for its anti-clerical policies.

Ready gave the benediction at the 1941 inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Later that year, he met with Roosevelt after the latter made controversial remarks regarding the status of religious freedom in the Soviet Union.

In 1942, Ready declared that "the liberty and institutions" of the United States were threatened by the same "rampant totalitarian military forces which harass the Church and all that the Church has built," in an implicit reference to Japan. In 1944, Reverend Stanislaus Orlemanski returned to the United States from a visit to the Soviet Uniton to meet Premier Joseph Stalin, who signed his written support for religious freedom. Ready described the priest's trip as "a political burlesque...staged and directed by capable Soviet agents," saying, "What we need from Stalin is his declaration of full religious freedom in Russia, not his signature." Ready also opposed military conscription in the United States, favoring volunteer recruiting

Bishop of Columbus

On November 11, 1944, Ready was appointed the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Columbus by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on December 14, 1944, from Archbishop Amleto Cicognani, with Archbishop John McNicholas and Bishop Edward Hoban serving as co-consecrators, at St. Matthew Cathedral in Washington, D.C. He was formally installed at St. Joseph's Cathedral on January 4, 1945.

One of Ready's first tasks was overseeing the erection of the Diocese of Steubenville from the eastern and southeastern portions of the Diocese of Columbus, as well as the consolidation of portions of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati into Columbus. He established the Catholic Welfare Bureau and appointed a director of charities for the diocese. Ready was a critic of the Ohio State University Board of Trustees decision in 1951 that all campus speakers had to be cleared by University President Howard L. Bevis in advance. During his tenure, Ready also served as chair of the Bishops' Committee on Motion Pictures; he reported that Hollywood produced more films with "wholesome and moral qualities" in 1952.

Ready also organized the Holy Name Society, a Parent-Teacher Organization, the Council of Catholic Women, the Catholic Youth Council, and the St. Vincent de Paul Society in the diocese. He created 18 new parishes and oversaw the construction of nine elementary and five high schools. Ready founded two nursing homes, the diocesan Child Guidance Center, and the Catholic Student Center at Ohio State University. He worked with his fellow Ohio bishops to start the Ohio Catholic Welfare Conference.

Ready died in Columbus from a cerebral hemorrhage on May 2, 1957, at age 64. He was buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Lockbourne, Ohio. Bishop Ready High School in Columbus is named in his honor.

References

^ "The Bishops of Columbus". Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus. Archived from the original on 2009-01-03. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
^ "Bishop Michael Joseph Ready". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
The Washington Post 1939-02-28: Iss 22902. 1939-02-28.
The Catholic Digest 1953-09: Vol 17 Iss 11. Catholic Digest. September 1953.
"Prelates in Mufti". TIME Magazine. 1939-08-14. Archived from the original on December 14, 2008.
"New Sees". TIME Magazine. 1944-11-27. Archived from the original on December 14, 2008.
"God & Lend-Lease". TIME Magazine. 1941-10-13. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010.
"The Vatican & Japan". TIME Magazine. 1942-03-23. Archived from the original on October 14, 2010.
"Home Again, Home Again". TIME Magazine. 1944-05-22. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
"Conscription". TIME Magazine. 1940-08-12. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
"Sag Rule in Ohio". TIME Magazine. 1951-11-05. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009.
"The Wholesome Year". TIME Magazine. 1952-11-24. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012.

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Preceded byJames Joseph Hartley	Bishop of Columbus 1944–1957	Succeeded byClarence George Issenmann

v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus
Bishops	Ordinaries Sylvester Horton Rosecrans John Ambrose Watterson Henry K. Moeller James Joseph Hartley Michael Joseph Ready Clarence George Issenmann John Carberry Clarence Edward Elwell Edward John Herrmann James Anthony Griffin Frederick F. Campbell Robert J. Brennan Earl K. Fernandes Auxiliaries Edward Gerard Hettinger George Avis Fulcher
Churches	Cathedral St. Joseph Cathedral Basilica Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster Parishes St. Mary's Church, Delaware St. John the Evangelist Church, Logan St. Mary's Church, Portsmouth St. Joseph's Church, Somerset St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville St. Patrick Church, Columbus Holy Cross Church, Columbus Sacred Heart Church, Columbus Holy Family Church, Columbus Oratory St. Leo Oratory, Columbus
Education	Higher education Ohio Dominican University Seminary Pontifical College Josephinum High schools Bishop Hartley High School, Columbus Bishop Ready High School, Columbus Bishop Rosecrans High School, Zanesville Bishop Watterson High School, Columbus Cristo Rey Columbus High School, Columbus Newark Catholic High School, Newark Notre Dame High School, Portsmouth Saint Charles Preparatory School, Columbus St. Francis DeSales High School, Columbus Saints Peter and Paul Seminary, Heath Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School, New Philadelphia William V. Fisher Catholic High School, Lancaster
Priests	Nicolaus Aloysius Gallagher Francis William Howard Leonard J. Fick
Museums	Museum of Catholic Art and History
Shrines	St. Therese Retreat Center Holy Name Church, Columbus
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Higher education	Colleges & universities John Carroll University Ursuline College Seminary Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology Former colleges Notre Dame College St. John's College, Cleveland
Priests	Timothy P. Broglio John Dearden Raymond Joseph Gallagher Louis de Goesbriand Paul John Hallinan Joseph Patrick Hurley Charles Hubert Le Blond Edward Aloysius Mooney Thomas Charles O'Reilly Michael Joseph Ready John Patrick Treacy
Miscellany	St. Joseph Convent and Academy Complex 7th National Eucharistic Congress (United States)
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