Bishop John Joseph Mulcahy †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Titular Bishop of Penafiel

Motto: Come Lord Jesus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jun 1922		Born
1 May 1947	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
28 Dec 1974	52.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
28 Dec 1974	52.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Penafiel
11 Feb 1975	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Penafiel
21 Jul 1992	70.0	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
26 Apr 1994	71.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary
John Joseph Mulcahy
Bishop John Joseph Mulcahy
(born 26 Jun 1922, died 26 Apr 1994)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston

Event Place
Birth Place Dorchester, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

a priest for 46.9 years
a bishop for 19.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Richard James Cushing †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Consecrator:
Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Joseph Riley †
Titular Bishop of Regiae
Bishop Lawrence Joseph Riley †
Titular Bishop of Daimlaig

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros † (1966)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Bishop James Louis Connolly † (1945)
Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Gregory Murray † (1920)
Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2735807

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 32, Number 1,826
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 81, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1: CB, 12 May 2022

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