Seán Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.

Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria

Member of the Council of Cardinals

President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jun 1944		Born
14 Jul 1965	21.0	First Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
14 Jul 1968	24.0	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
29 Aug 1970	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
2 Jun 1984	39.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
2 Aug 1984	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
16 Oct 1985	41.2	Succeeded	Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
16 Jun 1992	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
11 Aug 1992	48.1	Installed	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
3 Sep 2002	58.1	Appointed	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
19 Oct 2002	58.3	Installed	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
1 Jul 2003	59.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
30 Jul 2003	59.0	Installed	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
24 Mar 2006	61.7	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Mar 2006	61.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
1 Oct 2006	62.2	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
13 Apr 2013	68.7	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals
22 Mar 2014	69.7	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
7 Mar 2023	78.6	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals
5 Aug 2024	80.1	Retired	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary for Seán Patrick O’Malley
(VIAF: 100155868; WikiData: Q472192)
Seán Patrick Cardinal O’Malley O.F.M. Cap. (born 29 Jun 1944) Archbishop Emeritus of Boston

Event Place
Birth Place Lakewood, OH, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio
Ordained Priest St. Augustine, Church, Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Saint Thomas, Diocese of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Boston.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Bernard McDowell †
Titular Bishop of Tamazuca
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. †
Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Aloysius Hickey †
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia
Bishop Eugene Antonio Marino, S.S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Walla Walla

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. † (1960)
Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands
Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart † (1943)
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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:
Adalberto Cardinal Martínez Flores (1985)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Donald Francis Lippert, O.F.M. Cap. (1985)
Adalberto Cardinal Martínez Flores (1985)
Bishop Elliott Griffin Thomas † (1986)
Bishop Jerome Feudjio (1990)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Anthony Dooher (2006)
Bishop Robert Francis Hennessey (2006)
Bishop Arthur Leo Kennedy (2010)
Bishop Peter John Uglietto (2010)
Bishop Donald Francis Lippert, O.F.M. Cap. (2012)
Bishop Robert Peter Deeley (2013)
Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (2016)
Bishop Robert Philip Reed (2016)
Bishop Mark William O’Connell (2016)
Bishop William Draper Byrne (2020)
Bishop Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa (2024)
Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri (2024)
Bishop John Joseph McDermott (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Elliott Griffin Thomas † (1993)
Adalberto Cardinal Martínez Flores (1997)
Bishop George William Coleman † (2003)
Bishop Salvatore Ronald Matano (2005)
Bishop Jerome Feudjio (2021)

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 13 Apr 2013
ab: Bollettino, 22 Mar 2014
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1984, Number 76
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 24 Mar 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 86, Number 7,216
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 89, Number 7,518
ab: Bollettino, 7 Mar 2023
r: Bollettino, 5 Aug 2024

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