Bishop Francis Xavier Irwin †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Titular Bishop of Ubaza

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jan 1934		Born
2 Feb 1960	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
24 Jul 1996	62.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
24 Jul 1996	62.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ubaza
17 Sep 1996	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ubaza
20 Oct 2009	75.7	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
30 Oct 2019	85.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary
Francis Xavier Irwin
Bishop Francis Xavier Irwin
(born 9 Jan 1934, died 30 Oct 2019)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston

Event Place
Birth Place Medford, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Death Place Dennis, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original) Saint Paul, Cemetery, Arlington, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

a priest for 59.7 years
a bishop for 23.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Richard James Cardinal Cushing †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Consecrator:
Bernard Francis Cardinal Law †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Bishop Robert Joseph Banks
Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernard Francis Cardinal Law † (1973)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini † (1957)
Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow † (1924)
Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Bishop Edward Patrick Allen † (1897)
Bishop of Mobile, Alabama
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Anthony Dooher (2006)
Bishop Peter John Uglietto (2010)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Medford, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest	Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Bishop	Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Death Place	Dennis, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original)	Saint Paul, Cemetery, Arlington, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 204423905
WikiData: Q125440

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 20 Oct 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 146, Number 12,793
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 31 Oct 2019
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)
op.loc: CB, 20 Oct 2022

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