William Henry Cardinal O’Connell †

Deceased

Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Dec 1859		Born	Lowell, MA
8 Jun 1884	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1895	35.1	Appointed	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
22 Apr 1901	41.4	Appointed	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
19 May 1901	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
21 Feb 1906	46.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
21 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
27 Nov 1911	52.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente
22 Apr 1944	84.4	Died	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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

Principal Consecrator:
Francesco Cardinal Satolli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Edmund Stonor †
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Francesco Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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:
Richard James Cardinal Cushing †
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Gaudentius Anderson †
Bishop John Joseph Nilan †
Bishop John Bertram Peterson †
Richard James Cardinal Cushing †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Bernard Delany †

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