Archdiocese of Boston
| Archdiocese of Boston | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | United States |
| Diocesan bishop | Seán Patrick Cardinal O'Malley OFMCap |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Robert Francis Hennessey Peter Uglietto Robert Reed Mark O'Connell |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
Arthur Kennedy John Anthony Dooher |
| Vicar General | Peter Uglietto |
| founding | 1808 |
| surface | 6,386 km² |
| Parishes | 286 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 4,266,903 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 1,946,413 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 45.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 635 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 409 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,864 |
| Permanent deacons | 279 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 553 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,374 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Cross |
| Website | www.bostoncatholic.org/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Burlington Diocese of Fall River Diocese of Manchester Diocese of Portland Diocese of Springfield Diocese of Worcester |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston ( Latin Archidioecesis bostoniensis , English Archdiocese of Boston ) is one in the United States located Roman Catholic Archdiocese . The Archbishop of Boston is one of the most important bishops in the United States. The archbishop is usually a cardinal who is assisted by four auxiliary bishops in his administration .
The mother church of the archbishopric is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross , built from 1866 to 1875 in neo-Gothic style . It is located in the South End district of Boston .
history
The diocese was detached on April 8, 1808 as a diocese with the areas of Massachusetts , Maine , New Hampshire , Rhode Island , Connecticut and Vermont from the Archdiocese of Baltimore , in whose ecclesiastical province it was incorporated at the same time. After the diocese of Hartford was taken out of its territory on November 28, 1843, the dioceses of Burlington and Portland were founded on July 29, 1853 . On June 14, 1870 the establishment of the Diocese of Springfield followed and on February 16, 1872 a further loss of territory for the new diocese of Providence . On February 12, the diocese of Boston was raised to the archbishopric, to whose ecclesiastical province today the dioceses of Burlington, Fall River , Manchester , Portland, Springfield and Worcester belong.
Numerous abuse lawsuits against priests of the diocese not only led to Archbishop Bernard Francis Law's resignation in 2002 , but also to a quasi bankruptcy of the diocese, whose new Archbishop Seán Patrick O'Malley even had to sell the bishop's house to Boston College in 2004 .
structure
The diocesan territory is divided into five pastoral regions , each headed by an episcopal vicar :
- Central region
- Merrimack region
- North Region
- South region
- West region
The diocese now includes Essex County , Middlesex County , Suffolk County , Norfolk County , Plymouth County and the cities of Mattapoisett , Marion and Wareham .
Bishops of Boston
- Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus (1808–1823) (afterwards Bishop of Montauban)
- Benedict Joseph Fenwick SJ (1825–1846)
- John Bernard Fitzpatrick (1846–1866)
Archbishops of Boston
- John Joseph Williams (1866-1907)
- William Henry O'Connell (1907-1944)
- Richard Cushing (1944-1970)
- Humberto Sousa Medeiros (1970-1983)
- Bernard Francis Law (1984-2002)
- Seán Patrick O'Malley OFMCap (since 2003)
Archdiocese institutions
The archbishopric's institutions include two seminaries :
- Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston , Massachusetts and
- Saint John's Seminary in the Boston suburb of Brighton .
These seminars also serve the other dioceses in the catchment area of the archdiocese.
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Boston (English)
- The Holy Cross Cathedral website (English)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Boston on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
