Maurice F. McAuliffe

He graduated from St. Peter's School, Hartford, staffed by the Sisters of Mercy, and Hartford Public High School in 1894, and attended Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, for a year.

[1] He then continued his studies at the Grand Seminary of Saint-Sulpice in Issy, France, and at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Germany.

[2] He selected as his episcopal motto: In Caritate Dei (Latin: "In Love of God").

He organized the campaign to raise $1 million for improvements to St. Francis Hospital in Hartford.

The Knight of Columbus Council 3181 – Bishop Maurice F. McAuliffe in Windsor, Connecticut is also named in his honor.