William Henry O’Connell

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American Roman Catholic priest Catholic cardinal archbishop human religious leader

William Henry O’Connell was a prominent early 20th-century American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who wielded significant religious and political influence as the longtime leader of the Boston church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Roman Catholic priest ⓘ
Catholic cardinal ⓘ
archbishop ⓘ
human ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
affiliation Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBishopBy Pope Leo XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedCardinalBy Pope Pius X NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1859-12-08 ⓘ
birthPlace Lowell, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1944-04-22 ⓘ
deathPlace Boston, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Boston College NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pontifical North American College NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pontifical Urban University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint John’s Seminary (Brighton, Massachusetts) NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationToCardinal 1911 ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
familyName O’Connell NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
honorificPrefix His Eminence ⓘ
honorificSuffix Cardinal ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
memberOf College of Cardinals ⓘ
name William Henry O’Connell NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor conservative theological views ⓘ
dominant leadership of the Boston Archdiocese ⓘ
influence on Catholic education in New England ⓘ
political influence in Massachusetts ⓘ
occupation church administrator ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
officeEnd Archbishop of Boston 1944 ⓘ
Bishop of Portland 1906 ⓘ
officeStart Archbishop of Boston 1907 ⓘ
Bishop of Portland 1901 ⓘ
ordainedBy Lucido Maria Parocchi NERFINISHED ⓘ
ordinationDate 1884-06-08 ⓘ
placeOfBurial Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Apostolic Delegate to the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Archbishop of Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bishop of Portland ⓘ
Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
residence Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Archdiocese of Boston → formerArchbishop → William Henry O’Connell ⓘ
Cardinal Richard Cushing → ordainedBy → William Henry O’Connell ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Cushing
Cardinal Richard Cushing → consecratedBy → William Henry O’Connell ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Cushing
Holyhood Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → William Henry O’Connell ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Henry O'Connell