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Cardinal Timothy Dolan holds final midnight mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Mayor Eric Adams joined crowds of worshippers commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ.

News 12 Staff

Dec 25, 2025, 7:09 AM

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan celebrated his final midnight mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Mayor Eric Adams joined crowds of worshippers commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ.

Dolan submitted his retirement request earlier this year after turning 75, the Catholic Church’s mandatory retirement age.

Bishop Ronald Hicks, of the Dioceses of Joliet in Illinois, will be taking the reigns as the next Archbishop of New York.

RELATED: Retiring New York Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan celebrates milestone anniversary of Cortlandt Manor parish

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