William Henry Cardinal O’Connell †

Deceased

Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts

Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Dec 1859		Born	Lowell, MA
7 Jun 1884	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1895²	35.1	Appointed	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
14 May 1901	41.4	Appointed	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
19 May 1901	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
7 Feb 1906	46.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 Feb 1906	46.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Constantina
30 Aug 1907	47.7	Succeeded	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
27 Nov 1911	52.0	Elevated to Cardinal
30 Nov 1911	52.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
22 Apr 1944	84.4	Died	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

Consistory - 1911: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1914: Unable to Participate
Conclave - 1922: Unable to Participate
Conclave - 1939: Participated

a priest for 59.9 years
a bishop for 42.9 years
a cardinal for 32.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Principal Consecrator:
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Edmund Stonor †
Titular Archbishop of Trapezus
Archbishop Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta †
Titular Archbishop of Nicaea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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
Bishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Bishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrique 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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Ordained Priest:
Richard James Cardinal Cushing † (1921)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Gaudentius Anderson † (1909)
Bishop John Joseph Nilan † (1910)
Bishop John Bertram Peterson † (1927)
Bishop Thomas Addis Emmet, S.J. † (1930)
Richard James Cardinal Cushing † (1939)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Bernard Delany (Delaney) † (1904)

Source(s):

ab: CB, 29 Oct 2011
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 464
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1901, Number 18

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