Bishop Joseph John Ruocco †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Titular Bishop of Polinianum

Motto: Deus Caritas Est

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1922		Born
6 May 1948	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
28 Dec 1974	52.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
28 Dec 1974	52.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Polinianum
11 Feb 1975	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Polinianum
26 Jul 1980	58.2	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary
Joseph John Ruocco
Bishop Joseph John Ruocco
(born 21 Apr 1922, died 26 Jul 1980)
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston

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

a priest for 32.2 years
a bishop for 5.4 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: Q2736621

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 32, Number 1,825
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 81, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1: CB, 12 May 2022

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