Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros †

Deceased

Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Oct 1915		Born	Arrifes Sao Miguel, Portugal
15 Jun 1946	30.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
14 Apr 1966	50.5	Appointed	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
9 Jun 1966	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
8 Sep 1970	54.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 Oct 1970	55.0	Installed	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
5 Mar 1973	57.4	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Mar 1973	57.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna
17 Sep 1983	67.9	Died	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Consistory - 1973: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

a priest for 37.3 years
a bishop for 17.3 years
a cardinal for 10.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop James Edwin Cassidy †
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Louis Connolly †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Joseph Gerrard †
Bishop Gerald Vincent McDevitt †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros † (1966)
Bishop James Louis Connolly † (1945)
Archbishop John Gregory Murray † (1920)
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Richard Joseph Malone
Bishop Richard Gerard Lennon
Bishop Robert Francis Hennessey
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Lawrence Joseph Riley †
Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire
Bishop Thomas Vose Daily
Bishop John Michael D'Arcy
Bishop Joseph John Ruocco †
Bishop John Joseph Mulcahy †
Bishop Daniel Anthony Hart †
Archbishop Alfred Clifton Hughes

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