Bishop Lawrence Joseph Riley †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Titular Bishop of Daimlaig

Motto: Mane Nobiscum Domine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Sep 1914		Born
21 Sep 1940	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 Dec 1971	57.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 Dec 1971	57.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Daimlaig
2 Feb 1972	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Daimlaig
22 Jan 1990	75.3	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2 Dec 2001	87.2	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary
Lawrence Joseph Riley
Bishop Lawrence Joseph Riley
(born 6 Sep 1914, died 2 Dec 2001)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston

Event Place
Birth Place Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest Sacred Heart, Church, Newton Centre, MA
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

a priest for 61.1 years
a bishop for 29.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Richard James Cushing †
Titular Bishop of Mela
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Humberto Sousa Medeiros †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jeremiah Francis Minihan †
Titular Bishop of Paphus
Bishop Thomas Joseph Riley †
Titular Bishop of Regiae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Humberto Sousa 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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Vose Daily † (1975)
Bishop John Michael D’Arcy † (1975)
Bishop Joseph John Ruocco † (1975)
Bishop John Joseph Mulcahy † (1975)
Bishop Daniel Anthony Hart † (1976)
Bishop Walter James Edyvean † (2001)
Bishop Richard Gerard Lennon † (2001)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/243423
VIAF: 89366357
WikiData: Q2755174

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 17, Number 909
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 23, Number 1,272
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 81, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1: CB, 12 May 2022

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