James Aloysius Hickey

His Eminence James Aloysius Hickey
Cardinal Archbishop of Washington
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Archdiocese of Washington
Appointed	June 17, 1980
Installed	August 5, 1980
Term ended	November 21, 2000
Predecessor	William Baum
Successor	Theodore Edgar McCarrick
Other post(s)	Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca
Orders
Ordination	June 15, 1946 by William Murphy
Consecration	April 14, 1967 by John Francis Dearden
Created cardinal	June 28, 1988 by John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	(1920-10-11)October 11, 1920 Midland, Michigan, USA
Died	October 24, 2004(2004-10-24) (aged 84) Washington, D.C., USA
Buried	Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Cleveland (1974–1980) Auxiliary Bishop of Saginaw (1967–1974)
Motto	Veritatem in caritate (Truth in charity)
Coat of arms

Styles of James Hickey
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Washington

James Aloysius Hickey (October 11, 1920 – October 24, 2004) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Washington from 1980 to 2000, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988. Hickey previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland in Ohio from 1974 to 1980.

Hickey presided over a significant expansion of social services for the poor and sick in the Washington region by the Archdiocese of Washington. He was also a strong critic of American foreign policy in Nicaragua and El Salvador, and an advocate for nuclear disarmament.