Joseph F. Stedman

The Right Reverend Monsignor Joseph Stedman
Director of the Confraternity of the Precious Blood
Church	Latin Church
Other post(s)	Chaplain of the Monastery of the Precious Blood in Brooklyn
Orders
Ordination	May 1921
Rank	Monsignor
Personal details
Born	Joseph F. Stedman (1898-03-11)11 March 1898 Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died	(1946-03-23)23 March 1946 (age 48) Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Nationality	American
Denomination	Catholic
Parents	Joseph and Ellen Stedman
Profession	Author and writer
Alma mater	St. Joseph's Parochial School St. Francis Preparatory School St. Francis College Fordham College

Joseph F. Stedman (March 11, 1898 – March 23, 1946) was a well-known American priest and author of books about Catholicism.

Biography

Joseph Stedman was born to Joseph and Ellen Stedman in Brooklyn, New York, and was one of five children. After attending St. Joseph's Parochial School and St. Francis Preparatory School, he entered St. Francis College in Brooklyn. Still, he left after his junior year and entered Fordham College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, and then entered the St. John's Seminary in Brooklyn. He was ordained on May 21, 1921, and was assigned to Holy Child Jesus Parish in Richmond Hill, Queens. From 1925, Father Stedman was chaplain of the Monastery of the Precious Blood in Brooklyn. He was also Director of the Confraternity of the Precious Blood, which was erected in 1925 at the Monastery Chapel of the Cloistered Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood. In 1944, Stedman was granted the title of monsignor.

His writings include My Sunday Missal, with illustrations by Ade Bethune, as well as My Military Missal, My Daily Readings from the Four Gospels, the "Triple" Novena Manual, and My Lenten Missal. At the time of his death, it was noted that more than 13,000,000 copies of his books had been sold. He died of a brain tumor at the age of forty-eight, at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

References

• "Msgr Stedman Dies; Wrote on Religion". The New York Times. 1946-03-24. Retrieved 2008-12-22.