Metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Boston / Bostonien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Burlington, Fall River, Manchester, Portland in Maine, Springfield in Massachusetts, Worcester

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Patrick (March 17)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 9

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1808.04.08: Established as Diocese of Boston / Bostonien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Baltimore and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1843.11.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Hartford
1850.07.19: Became suffragan of New York
1853.07.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Burlington and Diocese of Portland in Maine
1870.06.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts
1872.02.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Providence
1875.02.12: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston / Bostonien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Burlington, Portland in Maine and Springfield in Massachusetts)
1884.04.15: Gained suffragan see Manchester
1904.03.12: Gained suffragan see Fall River
1950.01.14: Gained suffragan see Worcester

Contact Info

Address: The Pastoral Center, 66 Brooks Dr., Braintree, MA 02184, USA

Phone: +1 (617) 254-0100

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1979.10)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.08.05 – ...):	Archbishop Richard Garth Henning (60)
Auxiliary Bishop (2006.10.12 – ...):	Bishop Robert Francis Hennessey (72) Titular Bishop of Tigias
Auxiliary Bishop (2010.06.30 – ...):	Bishop Peter John Uglietto (73) Titular Bishop of Thubursicum
Auxiliary Bishop (2016.06.03 – ...):	Bishop Mark O’Connell (60) Titular Bishop of Gigthi
Auxiliary Bishop (2016.06.03 – ...):	Bishop Robert Philip Reed (65) Titular Bishop of Sufar
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.12.09 – ...):	Bishop Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa (48) Titular Bishop of Membressa

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Boston (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Richard Garth Henning (60)
(2024.08.05 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA)

Put out into the deep

Born:	1964.10.17 (Rockville Centre, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1992.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.07.24

Priest of Rockville Centre (USA) (1992.05.30 – 2018.06.08)

Titular Bishop of Tabla (2018.06.08 – 2022.11.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (USA) (2018.06.08 – 2022.11.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Providence (USA) (2022.11.23 – 2023.05.01)

Bishop of Providence (USA) (2023.05.01 – 2024.08.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (2024.08.05 – ...)

Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (80)
(2003.07.01 – 2024.08.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria
President of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Member of Council of Cardinals
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Boston (USA)

Quodcumque dixerit facite

Born:	1944.06.29 (Lakewood, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.08.02
Created Cardinal:	2006.03.24

Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) (1984.05.30 – 1985.10.16)

Bishop of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) (1985.10.16 – 1992.06.16)

Bishop of Fall River (USA) (1992.06.16 – 2002.09.03)

Bishop of Palm Beach (USA) (2002.09.03 – 2003.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (2003.07.01 – 2024.08.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (2006.03.24 [2006.10.01] – ...)

Member of Council of Cardinals (2013.04.13 – ...)

Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (2014.03.22 – 2014.09.10)

President of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (2014.09.10 – ...)

Bishop Richard Gerard Lennon
(Apostolic Administrator 2002.12.13 – 2003.07.01)

Cardinal Bernard Francis Law
(1984.01.11 – 2002.12.13)

To live is Christ

Born:	1931.11.04 (Torreón, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1961.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.12.05
Created Cardinal:	1985.05.25
Died:	2017.12.20 (Roma, Italy † 86)

Priest of Natchez–Jackson (USA) (1961.05.21 – 1973.10.22)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1968.12.05 – 1973.10.22)

Bishop of Springfield–Cape Girardeau (USA) (1973.10.22 – 1984.01.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1984.01.11 – 2002.12.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1985.05.25 – 2017.12.20)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (2004.05.27 – 2011.11.21)

Cardinal Humberto Sousa Medeiros
(1970.09.08 – 1983.09.17)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1915.10.06 (Arrifes, São Miguel, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.06.09
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	1983.09.17 (Boston, MA, USA † 67)

Priest of Fall River (USA) (1946.06.15 – 1966.04.14)

Bishop of Brownsville (USA) (1966.04.14 – 1970.09.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1970.09.08 – 1983.09.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1973.03.05 – 1983.09.17)

Cardinal Richard James Cushing
(1944.09.25 – 1970.09.08)

Ut cognoscant te

Born:	1895.08.24 (South Boston, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1921.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.06.29
Created Cardinal:	1958.12.15
Died:	1970.11.02 (Boston, MA, USA † 75)

Priest of Boston (USA) (1921.05.26 – 1939.06.10)

Domestic Prelate (1939.05.14 – 1939.06.10)

Titular Bishop of Mela (1939.06.10 – 1944.09.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA) (1939.06.10 – 1944.09.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Boston (USA) (1944.04.22 – 1944.09.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1944.09.25 – 1970.09.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1958.12.18 – 1970.11.02)

Bishop Richard James Cushing (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1944.04.22 – 1944.09.25)

Cardinal William Henry O’Connell
(1907.08.31 – 1944.04.22)

Vigor in arduis

Born:	1859.12.08 (Lowell, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1884.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.05.19
Created Cardinal:	1911.11.27
Died:	1944.04.22 (Brighton, MA, USA † 84)

Priest of Boston (USA) (1884.06.07 – 1901.02.08)

Rector of Pontifical North American College (1895 – 1901.04.22)

Domestic Prelate (1897 – 1901.02.08)

Bishop of Portland in Maine (USA) (1901.02.08 – 1906.02.21)

Titular Archbishop of Constantia antea Tomi (1906.02.21 – 1907.08.31)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1906.02.21 – 1907.08.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1907.08.31 – 1944.04.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1911.11.30 – 1944.04.22)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1938.12.24 – 1944.04.22)

Archbishop John Joseph Williams
(1875.02.12 – 1907.08.30)

In hoc vinces

Born:	1822.04.27 (Boston, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1845.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1866.03.11
Died:	1907.08.30 (Boston, MA, USA † 85)

Priest of Boston (USA) (1845.05.17 – 1866.01.09)

Titular Bishop of Tripolis (1866.01.09 – 1866.02.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Boston (USA) (1866.01.09 – 1866.02.13)

Bishop of Boston (USA) (1866.02.13 – 1875.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA) (1875.02.12 – 1907.08.30)

Bishops of Boston (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Joseph Williams (later Archbishop)
(1866.02.13 – 1875.02.12)

(see above)

Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick
(1846.08.11 – 1866.02.13)

Fortis sub forte fatiscet

Born:	1812.11.01 (Boston, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1840.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1844.03.24
Died:	1866.02.13 († 53)

Priest of Boston (USA) (1840.06.13 – 1843.11.21)

Titular Bishop of Callipolis (1843.11.21 – 1846.08.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Boston (USA) (1843.11.21 – 1846.08.11)

Bishop of Boston (USA) (1846.08.11 – 1866.02.13)

Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick, S.J.
(1825.05.10 – 1846.08.11)

Perit ut vivat

Born:	1782.09.03 (Leonard Town, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1808.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1825.11.01
Died:	1846.08.11 (Boston, MA, USA † 63)

Bishop of Boston (USA) (1825.05.10 – 1846.08.11)

Bishop Jean-Louis Anne-Magdalen Lefebvre de Cheverus (later Cardinal)
(1808.04.08 – 1823.05.03)

Diligamus nos invicem

Born:	1768.01.28 (Mayenne, France)
Ordained Priest:	1790.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1810.11.01
Created Cardinal:	1836.02.01
Died:	1836.07.19 (Bordeaux, France † 68)

Priest of Le Mans (France) (1790.12.18 – 1808.04.08)

Bishop of Boston (USA) (1808.04.08 – 1823.05.03)

Bishop of Montauban (France) (1823.05.03 – 1826.10.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bordeaux (France) (1826.10.02 – 1836.07.19)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1836.02.01 – 1836.07.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop William Henry O’Connell (later Cardinal) (1906.02.21 – 1907.08.31)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop-elect John Joseph Williams (later Archbishop) (1866.01.09 – 1866.02.13)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick (1843.11.21 – 1846.08.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert Peter Deeley (78) (2012.11.09 – 2013.12.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Arthur Leo Kennedy (82) (2010.06.30 – 2017.06.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Anthony Dooher (81) (2006.10.12 – 2018.06.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Walter James Edyvean (2001.06.29 – 2014.06.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Richard Gerard Lennon (2001.06.29 – 2006.04.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Richard Joseph Malone (78) (2000.01.27 – 2004.02.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Emilio Simeon Allué Carcasona, S.D.B. (1996.07.24 – 2010.06.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis Xavier Irwin (1996.07.24 – 2009.10.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop William Francis Murphy (84) (1995.11.21 – 2001.06.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Brendan McCormack (1995.11.21 – 1998.07.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Patrick Boles (1992.04.14 – 2006.10.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Richard McNamara (1992.04.14 – 1999.10.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. (74) (later Archbishop) (1988.07.19 – 1995.05.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert Joseph Banks (96) (1985.06.26 – 1990.10.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfred Clifton Hughes (92) (later Archbishop) (1981.07.21 – 1993.09.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Daniel Anthony Hart (1976.08.24 – 1995.09.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Vose Daily (1974.12.31 – 1984.07.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Michael D’Arcy (1974.12.30 – 1985.02.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Joseph Mulcahy (1974.12.28 – 1992.07.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph John Ruocco (1974.12.28 – 1980.07.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lawrence Joseph Riley (1971.12.07 – 1990.01.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire (1971.12.01 – 1976.04.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Daniel Anthony Cronin (97) (later Archbishop) (1968.06.10 – 1970.10.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Joseph Riley (1959.11.04 – 1976.06.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jeremiah Francis Minihan (1954.05.21 – 1973.08.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Francis Markham (1950.07.18 – 1952.07.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eric Francis MacKenzie (1950.07.11 – 1969.08.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Joseph Wright (later Cardinal) (1947.05.10 – 1950.01.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Louis Francis Kelleher (1945.04.21 – 1946.11.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Richard James Cushing (later Cardinal) (1939.06.10 – 1944.09.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis Joseph Spellman (later Cardinal) (1932.07.30 – 1939.04.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Bertram Peterson (1927.10.07 – 1932.05.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Gaudentius Anderson (1909.04.29 – 1927.07.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Brady (1891.06.19 – 1910.01.06)