Bishop Jeremiah Francis Minihan †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Titular Bishop of Paphus

Motto: Fortitudo Et Mansuetudo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jul 1903		Born
21 Dec 1929	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
21 May 1954	50.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
21 May 1954	50.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Paphus
8 Sep 1954	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Paphus
14 Aug 1973	70.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary
Jeremiah Francis Minihan
Bishop Jeremiah Francis Minihan
(born 21 Jul 1903, died 14 Aug 1973)
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Haverhill, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Death Place Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland

a priest for 43.6 years
a bishop for 18.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Richard James Cushing †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Joseph Wright †
Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts
Bishop Vincent Stanislaus Waters †
Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm. † (1960)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. † (1956)
Archbishop Harold William Henry, S.S.C.M.E. † (1957)
Bishop Victor Joseph Reed † (1958)
Bishop James Joseph Gerrard † (1959)
Bishop Thomas Joseph Riley † (1959)
Archbishop Daniel Anthony Cronin (1968)
Bishop Lawrence Joseph Riley † (1972)
Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire † (1972)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2114907

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1954, Number 53
c1: CB, 12 May 2022

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