John Joseph Cardinal Wright †

Deceased

Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jul 1909		Born	Dorchester
8 Dec 1935	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
10 May 1947	37.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
10 May 1947	37.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aegeae
30 Jun 1947	37.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aegeae
28 Jan 1950	40.5	Appointed	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
23 Jan 1959	49.5	Appointed	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
23 Apr 1969	59.8	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
28 Apr 1969	59.8	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Apr 1969	59.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti
10 Aug 1979	70.1	Died	Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy

Consistory - 1969: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Unable to Participate
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

a priest for 43.7 years
a bishop for 32.1 years
a cardinal for 10.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Principal Consecrator:
Richard James Cardinal Cushing †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ralph Leo Hayes †
Bishop James Louis Connolly †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Joseph Cardinal Wright † (1947)
Richard James Cardinal Cushing † (1939)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †
Bishop Vincent Martin Leonard †
Bishop Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop John Bernard McDowell
Bishop Anthony Gerard Bosco
Bishop Carroll Thomas Dozier †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Lorenzo Sahag Koguian †
Bishop Jeremiah Francis Minihan †
Archbishop Harold William Henry, S.S.C.M.E. †
Bishop Timothy Joseph Harrington †

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