Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Sep 1782		Born
8 Oct 1806	24.0	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
11 Jun 1808	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
10 May 1825	42.6	Appointed	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1 Nov 1825	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3 Dec 1825	43.2	Installed	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
11 Aug 1846	63.9	Died	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary for Benedict Joseph Fenwick
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Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick S.J. (born 3 Sep 1782, died 11 Aug 1846) Bishop of Boston

Event Place
Birth Place Leonard Town, MD
Ordained Priest Holy Trinity, Church, Georgetown
Death Place Boston, Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original) College of the Holy Cross, Cemetery, Worcester, Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts

a priest for 38.1 years
a bishop for 20.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Leonard Neale †
Titular Bishop of Gortyna
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John England †
Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina
Bishop Henry Conwell †
Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop John Martin Henni † (1829)
Bishop William Barber Tyler † (1829)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop William Barber Tyler † (1844)
Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick † (1844)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop John Joseph Mary Benedict Chanche, P.S.S. † (1841)
Bishop Richard Vincent Whelan † (1841)
John Cardinal McCloskey † (1844)
Bishop William J. Quarter † (1844)
Bishop Andrew Byrne † (1844)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Leonard Town, MD
Ordained Priest	Holy Trinity, Church, Georgetown
Death Place	Boston, Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original)	College of the Holy Cross, Cemetery, Worcester, Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 116
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1825, Number 32

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