Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros †

Deceased

Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Oct 1915		Born
15 Jun 1946	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
14 Apr 1966	50.5	Appointed	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
9 Jun 1966	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
29 Jun 1966	50.7	Installed	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
8 Sep 1970	54.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 Oct 1970	55.0	Installed	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
5 Mar 1973	57.4	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Mar 1973	57.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
17 Sep 1983	67.9	Died	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary for Humberto Sousa Medeiros
(VIAF: 8712307; WikiData: Q976773)
Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros (born 6 Oct 1915, died 17 Sep 1983) Archbishop of Boston

Consistory - 1973: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Arrifes, island of São Miguel, Diocese of Angra, Portugal
Ordained Priest Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
Ordained Bishop St. Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral, Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
Death Place St. Elizabeth's, Hospital, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original) Parents' Plot, Saint Patricks, Cemetery, Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts

a priest for 37.2 years
a bishop for 17.2 years
a cardinal for 10.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop James Edwin Cassidy †
Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Louis Connolly †
Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Joseph Gerrard †
Titular Bishop of Forma
Bishop Gerald Vincent McDevitt †
Titular Bishop of Tigias

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Louis Connolly † (1945)
Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Gregory Murray † (1920)
Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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 Deacon:
Bishop Peter John Uglietto (1976)
Bishop Robert Francis Hennessey (1977)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Richard Joseph Malone (1972)
Bishop Richard Gerard Lennon † (1973)
Bishop Robert Peter Deeley (1973)
Bishop Peter John Uglietto (1977)
Bishop Robert Francis Hennessey (1978)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Lawrence Joseph Riley † (1972)
Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire † (1972)
Bishop Thomas Vose Daily † (1975)
Bishop John Michael D’Arcy † (1975)
Bishop Joseph John Ruocco † (1975)
Bishop John Joseph Mulcahy † (1975)
Bishop Daniel Anthony Hart † (1976)
Archbishop Alfred Clifton Hughes (1981)

Source(s):

i: CB, 28 Oct 2011
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 5 Mar 1973
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 81, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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