Personal Life
Caffery was born in Lafayette, Louisiana to Charles Duval Caffery and Mary Catherine (Parkerson) Caffery. He was privately educated in primary and secondary school. He was a member of the first graduating class of Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute, which later became the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He also graduated with a bachelor's degree from Tulane University in 1906. He was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1909.
Caffery married Gertrude McCarthy of Evansville, Indiana in 1937 while in Rio de Janeiro. They had no children. He retired with his wife in 1955 to reside in Rome, where he was the honorary private chamberlain to Popes Pius XII, Pope John XXIII, and Paul VI. He returned to Lafayette in 1973, shortly before Mrs. Caffery's death.
The Cafferys are buried behind St. John’s Cathedral in Lafayette.
Caffery was the cousin of U.S. Senator Donelson Caffery and U.S. Representative Patrick Caffery
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