Most Rev. Thomas V. Daily, Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, dies at 89
The Most Rev. Thomas Vose Daily, bishop emeritus of Brooklyn, died early Monday morning at the Immaculate Conception Center’s Bishop Mugavero Residence in Douglaston, Queens. Bishop Daily served as bishop of Brooklyn from 1990 until his retirement in 2003.
Daily was at his heart a missionary, having selflessly served the indigenous people of Lima, Peru for five years as a young priest. It was 1960 when Daily joined the Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle and moved to the Minatambo area of Lima. He often referred to his time there, ministering to the poor, as the happiest of his life.
Daily was installed as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1990 and served during a time of racial tension and financial hardship. In his later years, Daily suffered declining health.