Metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston, USA

Metropolitan Archbishop (2003.07.01 – ...):	Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (78) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria President of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia
Auxiliary Bishop (2006.10.12 – ...):	Bishop Robert Francis Hennessey (71) Titular Bishop of Tigias
Auxiliary Bishop (2010.06.30 – ...):	Bishop Peter John Uglietto (71) Titular Bishop of Thubursicum
Auxiliary Bishop (2016.06.03 – ...):	Bishop Mark O’Connell (58) Titular Bishop of Gigthi
Auxiliary Bishop (2016.06.03 – ...):	Bishop Robert Philip Reed (63) Titular Bishop of Sufar

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Boston (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (78)
(2003.07.01 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria
Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (USA)
President of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia

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 – ...)

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

Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia (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)

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)

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)

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)

Rector of Pontifical North American College (1895 – 1901.04.22)

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)

Coadjutor Bishop of Boston (USA) (1866.01.08 – 1866.02.13)

Titular Bishop of Tripolis (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 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1840.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1844.03.24
Died:	1866.02.13 († 53)

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 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1808.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1825.11.01
Died:	1846.08.11 († 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)

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) (1866.01.08 – 1866.02.13)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick (1843.11.21 – 1846.08.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert Peter Deeley (76) (2012.11.09 – 2013.12.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Arthur Leo Kennedy (81) (2010.06.30 – 2017.06.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Anthony Dooher (80) (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 (77) (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 (83) (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. (73) (later Archbishop) (1988.07.19 – 1995.05.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert Joseph Banks (95) (1985.06.26 – 1990.10.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfred Clifton Hughes (90) (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 (95) (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)

Tweets

Contact Info

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

Phone: +1 (617) 254-0100

Websites:

Statistics

Area: 6,386 km²

Population: 1,931,277 Catholics (45.2% of 4,269,730 total) (2020)

Statistics: 270 parishes, 2 missions, 974 priests (616 diocesan, 358 religious), 284 deacons, 1,557 lay religious (491 brothers, 1,066 sisters), 55 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Patrick (March 17)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 9

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

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1979.10)