Bishop Walter James Edyvean †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Titular Bishop of Aeliae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Oct 1938		Born
16 Dec 1964	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
29 Jun 2001	62.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
29 Jun 2001	62.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aeliae
14 Sep 2001	62.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aeliae
29 Jun 2014	75.6	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2 Feb 2019	80.2	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary for Walter James Edyvean
(VIAF: 306174142; WikiData: Q2544097)
Bishop Walter James Edyvean (born 18 Oct 1938, died 2 Feb 2019) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston

Ad Limina - August 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Medford, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Death Place Metrowest Medical Center, Natick, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original) Oak Grove, Cemetery, Medford, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

a priest for 54.1 years
a bishop for 17.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Francis Frederick Reh †
Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania
Principal Consecrator:
Bernard Francis Cardinal Law †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lawrence Joseph Riley †
Titular Bishop of Daimlaig
Bishop William Francis Murphy
Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York

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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Anthony Dooher (2006)
Bishop Arthur Leo Kennedy (2010)
Bishop Mark William O’Connell (2016)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Medford, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Death Place	Metrowest Medical Center, Natick, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original)	Oak Grove, Cemetery, Medford, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Number 14,045
r: Bollettino, 29 Jun 2014
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 2 Feb 2019
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)
op.loc: CB, 20 Oct 2022
op.loc: CB, 28 May 2024

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