Bishop John Richard McNamara †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Titular Bishop of Risinium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1927		Born
10 Jan 1952	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
14 Apr 1992	64.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
14 Apr 1992	64.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Risinium
21 May 1992	64.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Risinium
12 Oct 1999	72.1	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
16 Apr 2001	73.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary for John Richard McNamara
(WikiData: Q6253935)
Bishop John Richard McNamara (born 4 Sep 1927, died 16 Apr 2001) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus 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
Death Place Brighton, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross, Cemetery, Malden, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

a priest for 49.2 years
a bishop for 8.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Richard James Cushing †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Consecrator:
Bernard Francis Cardinal Law †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Michael D’Arcy †
Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana
Bishop John Joseph Glynn †
Titular Bishop of Monteverde

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernard Francis Cardinal Law † (1973)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini † (1957)
Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow † (1924)
Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Bishop Edward Patrick Allen † (1897)
Bishop of Mobile, Alabama
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
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

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
Death Place	Brighton, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original)	Holy Cross, Cemetery, Malden, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130, Number 11,681
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1: CB, 12 May 2022

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