The New York Archdiocese had to answer Tuesday to a higher calling — a state appeals court which rejected its bid to keep the remains of a renowned bishop in a crypt below St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

In a 5-0 vote, the appeals court ruled that Peoria, Ill. should be the final resting place for Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a noted theologian who served as host of the “Catholic Hour” radio show and the television show “Life is Worth Living.”  Five days before his death, in 1979, Sheen signed a will seeking burial in Queen’s Calvary Cemetery, the New York Archdiocese’s official graveyard.

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