Priesthood
On June 28, 1929, Carberry was ordained a priest by Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani in Rome. Following his return to New York, he was assigned as a curate at St. Peter's Church in Glen Cove, where he remained for one year. He continued his studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he received a doctorate in canon law in 1934. He then served as a curate at St. Patrick's Church in Huntington for one year.
From 1935 to 1940, Carberry was loaned to the Diocese of Trenton in New Jersey, serving as secretary to Bishop Moses E. Kiley and assistant chancellor of the diocese. He also taught at Cathedral High School in Trenton from 1939 to 1940. Returning to New York, he taught at St. Dominic High School in Oyster Bay before serving as professor of canon law at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington from 1941 to 1945.
Carberry was an officialis of the Diocese of Brooklyn from 1945 to 1956, serving as chief judge of the diocesan court. He also served as diocesan director for radio and television, becoming known as the "radio priest." He was named a papal chamberlain on February 3, 1948, and raised to the rank of domestic prelate on May 7, 1954. From 1955 to 1956, he was president of the Canon Law Society of America.
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