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Born: June 29, 1944
Ordained Priest: August 29, 1970
Ordained Bishop: August 2, 1984
Appointed coadjutator Bishop of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands,
May 30, 1984
Appointed diocesan bishop of the Caribbean diocese, Oct. 16, 1985.
Appointed Bishop of Fall River, Masssachusetts, June 16, 1992, installed August
11, 1992
Appointed Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, September 3, 2002, installed October
19, 2002
Appointed Archbishop of Boston, July 1, 2003, installed July 30, 2003
Elevated to Cardinal March 24, 2006 |