Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

Motto: Nihil Impossible Apud Deum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1919		Born
29 Jun 1945	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1 Dec 1971	52.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1 Dec 1971	52.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mactaris
2 Feb 1972	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mactaris
13 Apr 1976	56.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
15 Oct 1977	58.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
27 Dec 1991	72.3	Retired	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
23 Nov 2014	95.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary
Joseph Francis Maguire
Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire
(born 4 Sep 1919, died 23 Nov 2014)
Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts

Event Place
Birth Place Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

a priest for 69.4 years
a bishop for 42.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Richard James Cushing †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Humberto Sousa Medeiros †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jeremiah Francis Minihan †
Titular Bishop of Paphus
Bishop Thomas Joseph Riley †
Titular Bishop of Regiae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Humberto Sousa Medeiros † (1966)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Bishop James Louis Connolly † (1945)
Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Gregory Murray † (1920)
Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Leo Edward O’Neil † (1980)
Bishop Thomas Ludger Dupré † (1990)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. † (1986)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 77900300
WikiData: Q466238

Source(s):

d: CB, 23 Nov 2014
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 17, Number 909
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 23, Number 1,273
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 81, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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