Lawrence Aloysius Burke
Lawrence Aloysius Burke SJ (born October 27, 1932 in Kingston , Jamaica ; † January 24, 2010 ibid) was Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica .
Life
Lawrence Aloysius Burke grew up in Vineyard Town , kicked visit to the St. George's College in Kingston in 1951 the Congregation of the Jesuits in Lennox , Massachusetts, is attached. He studied philosophy at Boston College in Chestnut Hill (Bachelor (1957), Master (1958)), Philosophy at Weston College in Weston ( Licentiate (1959)) and Theology at Boston College (Master (1965)). He was ordained priestly on June 16, 1964 at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kingston, and studied theology at Weston College (Licentiate (1965)) and Liberal Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown , Connecticut. He taught at St. George's College from 1958 to 1961. From 1969 he was its rector. In 1973 he became Regional Superior of his order in Jamaica. He was particularly committed to education in the Caribbean.
Pope John Paul II appointed him third Bishop of Nassau on July 17, 1981 . He was the first bishop who was not a Benedictine and the first to come from the Antilles. The episcopal ordination received his Archbishop Paul Fouad Tabet , Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, on 11 October of that year; Co- consecrators were his predecessor in the episcopate, Paul Leonard Hagarty OSB , and Samuel Emmanuel Carter SJ , Archbishop of Kingston, Jamaica.
With the founding of the Mission sui juris Turks and Caicos Islands from the area of the Diocese of Nassau, he was also appointed Apostolic Superior in 1984 . With the elevation to the Archdiocese of Nassau on June 22, 1999 he became the first Archbishop of Nassau. On February 17, 2004, he was appointed Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica . His age-related resignation was accepted in 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. granted.
Lawrence Aloysius Burke was involved in numerous commissions of the Bishops' Conference of the Antilles (AEC) and was its president from 2003 to 2008. In 1989 he became a member of the International Catholic Migration Commission based in Geneva , Switzerland.
Honors
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, St. Leo College, Saint Leo University , St. Leo , Florida (1983)
- Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Human Letters), Saint Joseph's College of Maine, North Windham , Maine (1986)
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, Fairfield University , Fairfield , Connecticut (1987)
- Honorary Doctor of Ministry, The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester , Massachusetts (1989)
- Order of Jamaica (2009)
Web links
- Entry on Lawrence Aloysius Burke on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Biography of Lawrence Aloysius Burke (English)
- A colloquio con l'arcivescovo Lawrence Aloysius Burke, presidente della Conferenza episcopale delle Antille: "Una Chiesa che si identifica nella carità evangelica" (Italian)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Leonard Hagarty |
Archbishop of Nassau 1981-2004 |
Patrick Christopher Pinder |
| --- |
Superior of the Turks and Caicos Islands 1984–1998 |
Theodore Edgar McCarrick |
| Edgerton Roland Clarke |
Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica 2004–2008 |
Donald James Reece |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burke, Lawrence Aloysius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burke, Lawrence Aloysius SJ |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican chaplain, Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingston , Jamaica |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 2010 |
| Place of death | Kingston , Jamaica |