Thomas Cusack (bishop)

Thomas Francis Cusack (February 22, 1862 – July 12, 1918) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church.

[2] His childhood was spent on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where he attended the parochial school of St. James Parish.

According to the New York Times, Cusack played a prominent role in combating a smallpox epidemic in Yonkers.

[4] He received his episcopal consecration on April 25, 1904, from Archbishop John Murphy Farley, with Bishops Charles H. Colton and James Augustine McFaul serving as co-consecrators, in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.

He also renovated the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, installing electric lighting and marble flooring.

St. Theresa Church, Manhattan, New York City
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Albany, New York