Richard James Cardinal Cushing †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna

Motto: Ut Cognoscant Te

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1895		Born
26 May 1921	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
10 Jun 1939	43.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
10 Jun 1939	43.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mela
29 Jun 1939	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mela
25 Sep 1944	49.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
8 Nov 1944	49.2	Installed	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
15 Dec 1958	63.3	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Dec 1958	63.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
20 Dec 1958	63.3	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
8 Sep 1970	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2 Nov 1970	75.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary
Richard James Cushing
Richard James Cardinal Cushing
(born 24 Aug 1895, died 2 Nov 1970)
Archbishop Emeritus of Boston

Consistory - 1958: Created Cardinal
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place South Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Death Place Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original) Porciuncula Chapel, St. Coletta School for Exceptional Children, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

a priest for 49.4 years
a bishop for 31.3 years
a cardinal for 11.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Consecrator:
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Bertram Peterson †
Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire
Bishop Thomas Addis Emmet, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Tuscamia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Lawrence Joseph Riley † (1940)
Bishop Nicholas Anthony D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M. † (1942)
Bishop Paul Francis Anderson † (1943)
Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire † (1945)
Bishop Francis Roland Lambert, S.M. † (1946)
Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. † (1947)
Bishop John Joseph Mulcahy † (1947)
Bishop Angelo Frosi (Frozi), S.X. † (1948)
Bishop Joseph John Ruocco † (1948)
Bishop John Joseph Glynn † (1951)
Bishop Thomas Vose Daily † (1952)
Bishop John Richard McNamara † (1952)
Bishop Daniel Anthony Hart † (1953)
Bishop John Patrick Boles † (1955)
Bishop John Michael D’Arcy † (1957)
Bishop Alfred James Jolson, S.J. † (1958)
Bishop Francis Xavier Irwin † (1960)
Bishop John Brendan McCormack † (1960)
Bishop John Anthony Dooher (1969)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward Francis Ryan † (1945)
Bishop Louis Francis Kelleher † (1945)
John Joseph Cardinal Wright † (1947)
Archbishop John Joseph McEleney, S.J. † (1950)
Bishop Eric Francis MacKenzie † (1950)
Bishop Thomas Francis Markham † (1950)
Bishop Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. † (1951)
Bishop Thomas John Feeney, S.J. † (1951)
Bishop Jeremiah Francis Minihan † (1954)
Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. † (1956)
Archbishop Harold William Henry, S.S.C.M.E. † (1957)
Bishop Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M. † (1957)
Bishop Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. † (1959)
Bishop Thomas Joseph Riley † (1959)
Bishop Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C. † (1961)
Bishop William John McNaughton, M.M. † (1961)
Archbishop Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. † (1966)
Bishop James Edward Charles Burke, O.P. † (1967)
Archbishop Daniel Anthony Cronin (1968)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Frederick Anthony Donaghy, M.M. † (1939)
Bishop Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. † (1940)
Bishop Jean Louis Joseph Collignon, O.M.I. † (1942)
Bishop Thomas John McDonnell † (1947)
Bishop Christopher Joseph Weldon † (1950)

Event	Place
Birth Place	South Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest	Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Bishop	Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Death Place	Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original)	Porciuncula Chapel, St. Coletta School for Exceptional Children, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/157549
VIAF: 33475016
WikiData: Q593669

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1939, Number 31
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 533, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 717, Ascendance

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