Bernard Francis Cardinal Law [Catholic-Hierarchy] (original ) (raw )
Deceased
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 Emeritusof Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
Event
Place
Birth Place
Torre�n, Diocese of Saltillo , Coahuila, M�xico
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 yearsa bishop for 44.0 yearsa 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 , MississippiPrincipal Co-Consecrators:Archbishop William Wakefield Baum †Archbishop of Washington , District of ColumbiaArchbishop Joseph Louis Bernardin †Archbishop of Cincinnati , Ohio
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini † (1957)Bishop of Natchez-Jackson , MississippiBishop Richard Oliver Gerow † (1924)Bishop of Natchez-Jackson , MississippiBishop Edward Patrick Allen † (1897)Bishop of Mobile , AlabamaJames Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)Archbishop of Baltimore , MarylandArchbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)Archbishop of Baltimore , MarylandBishop Benedict Joseph Flaget , P.S.S. † (1810)Bishop of Louisville , KentuckyArchbishop John Carroll † (1790)Archbishop of Baltimore , MarylandBishop 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 Tom�s Andr�s Mauro (Maurus) Muldoon , O.F.M. † (1984)Bishop Robert Joseph Banks (1985)Archbishop Roberto Octavio Gonz�lez 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 Sime�n Allu� 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)
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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