John Aloysius Marshall

John Aloysius Marshall (born April 26, 1928 in Worcester , Massachusetts , † July 3, 1994 ) was an American clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield .

Life

John Aloysius Marshall attended Holy Cross College in Worcester after high school and then studied in Montreal and at the Pontifical Gregorian University . On 19 December 1953 he received in Rome by the rector of the Pontifical North American College , Martin John O'Connor , the priesthood for the Diocese of Worcester .

Marshall was mainly active in priestly formation and taught from 1957 to 1961 and again from 1969 to 1971 at the Pontifical North America College in Rome and from 1961 to 1968 in Worcester.

Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Burlington on December 14, 1971 . His predecessor Robert Francis Joyce donated him episcopal ordination on January 25 of the following year ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Worcester, Bernard Joseph Flanagan , and the Rector of the Pontifical North America College, Bishop James Aloysius Hickey .

Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of Springfield . The inauguration took place on February 18, 1992.

Marshall was an Apostolic Visitator for the seminaries in the United States from 1981 to 1989 on behalf of Pope John Paul II . In the United States Bishops' Conference he was a member of the commissions on the life and ministry of priests, on priestly formation, and on the cooperation of the various ministries of the Church. At the 8th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome in autumn 1990 on the subject of “Priestly formation in the contemporary context”, he participated as a delegate of the Bishops' Conference.

Web links

Entry on John Aloysius Marshall on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Most Reverend John Aloysius Marshall, Seventh Bishop of Burlington. In: Homepage. Bishopric of Burlington , accessed February 10, 2015 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Joseph Francis Maguire	Bishop of Springfield 1991-1994	Thomas Ludger Dupré
Robert Francis Joyce	Bishop of Burlington 1971–1991	Kenneth Anthony Angell

personal data
SURNAME	Marshall, John Aloysius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Marshall, John A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Worcester , Massachusetts , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	3rd July 1994

[Bio-1] A ^b ^c Most Reverend John Aloysius Marshall, Seventh Bishop of Burlington. In: Homepage. Bishopric of Burlington , accessed February 10, 2015 .