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Richard James Cardinal Cushing †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna

Events

a priest for 49.4 years a bishop for 31.3 years a cardinal for 11.9 years

Ordained Priest by: William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts Principal Consecrator: William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop John Bertram Peterson † Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire Bishop Thomas Addis Emmet, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Tuscamia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901) Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts 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: Bishop Paul Francis Anderson † (1943) Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. (1947) Bishop John Patrick Boles (1955) Bishop Francis Xavier Irwin (1960) Bishop John Brendan McCormack (1960) Bishop John Anthony Dooher (1969) Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Edward Francis Ryan † (1945) Bishop Louis Francis Kelleher † (1945) John Joseph Cardinal Wright † (1947) Archbishop John Joseph McEleney, S.J. † (1950) Bishop Eric Francis MacKenzie † (1950) Bishop Thomas Francis Markham † (1950) Bishop Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. † (1951) Bishop Thomas John Feeney, S.J. † (1951) Bishop Jeremiah Francis Minihan † (1954) Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. (1956) Archbishop Harold William Henry, S.S.C.M.E. † (1957) Bishop Bernardino N. Mazzarella, O.F.M. † (1957) Bishop Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. † (1959) Bishop Thomas Joseph Riley † (1959) Bishop Vincent Joseph McCauley, C.S.C. † (1961) Bishop William John McNaughton, M.M. (1961) Archbishop Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. † (1966) Bishop James Edward Charles Burke, O.P. † (1967) Archbishop Daniel Anthony Cronin (1968) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Frederick Anthony Donaghy, M.M. † (1939) Bishop Raymond Aloysius Lane, M.M. † (1940) Bishop Jean Louis Joseph Collignon, O.M.I. † (1942) Bishop Thomas John McDonnell † (1947) Bishop Christopher Joseph Weldon † (1950)