Bernard Francis Cardinal Law †

Deceased

Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna

Motto: To Live is Christ

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Nov 1931		Born
21 May 1961	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA
22 Oct 1973	41.9	Appointed	Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
5 Dec 1973	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
11 Jan 1984	52.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
23 Mar 1984	52.3	Installed	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
25 May 1985	53.5	Elevated to Cardinal
25 May 1985	53.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
13 Dec 2002	71.1	Resigned	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
27 May 2004	72.5	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
21 Nov 2011	80.0	Retired	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
20 Dec 2017	86.1	Died	Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

MicroData Summary
Bernard Francis Law
Bernard Francis Cardinal Law
(born 4 Nov 1931, died 20 Dec 2017)
Archpriest Emeritus of Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

Consistory - 1985: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Torreón, Diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
Ordained Priest Pontifical College Josephinum, Worthington, OH
Ordained Bishop St. Agnes, Cathedral, Springfield, Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 56.5 years
a bishop for 44.0 years
a cardinal for 32.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini †
Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop William Wakefield Baum †
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia
Archbishop Joseph Louis Bernardin †
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Deacon:
Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (1987)
Bishop Mark William O’Connell (1990)
Monsignor Jeffrey Neil Steenson (2008)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Robert Philip Reed (1985)
Archbishop Christopher James Coyne (1986)
Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (1987)
Bishop Philippe Jean-Charles Jourdan (1988)
Bishop Mark William O’Connell (1990)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Tomás Andrés Mauro (Maurus) Muldoon, O.F.M. † (1984)
Bishop Robert Joseph Banks (1985)
Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. (1988)
Bishop John Richard McNamara † (1992)
Bishop John Patrick Boles † (1992)
Bishop John Brendan McCormack † (1995)
Bishop William Francis Murphy (1995)
Bishop Francis Xavier Irwin † (1996)
Bishop Emilio Simeón Allué Carcasona, S.D.B. † (1996)
Bishop Richard Joseph Malone (2000)
Bishop Walter James Edyvean † (2001)
Bishop Richard Gerard Lennon † (2001)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William Stephen Skylstad (1977)
Bishop John Joseph Leibrecht (1984)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Torreón, Diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
Ordained Priest	Pontifical College Josephinum, Worthington, OH
Ordained Bishop	St. Agnes, Cathedral, Springfield, Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 165267060
WikiData: Q384038

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 21 Nov 2011
d: CB, 19 Dec 2017
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Deceased Cardinals (back), Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 23, Number 1,299

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