1859 – Born on the 8th of December. 1881 – He graduated in Jesuit Boston College. 1901 – He was appointed as the Bishop of Portland, Maine. 1911 – He became Boston’s first Archbishop to become Cardinal (Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente). 1914 – He managed to be late to two Papal Conclaves in a row. ..
1896 – Born on the 18th of July in Scranton, Pennsylvania. 1941 – He was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of his Holiness. 1947 – He became the Executive Director of the Catholic Charities in New York. 1948 – He received his Episcopal Consecration from Francis Cardinal Spellman. 1962 – He attended the ..
1801 – Born on February 21st in London, England. An influential churchman and man of letters of the 19th century, who led the Oxford Movement in the Church of England and later became a cardinal-deacon in the Roman Catholic church. 1822-1828 – After pursuing his education in an evangelical home and at Trinity College, Oxford, ..
1834 – His Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons, born on the 23rd of July in Baltimore, Maryland. He was an American prelate, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore. 1866 – He became the second man from the United States to be made a cardinal. 1867 – He was consecrated titular bishop of Adramyttium at the age ..
1917 – Cahal Brendan Cardinal Daly was born on the 1st of October in Loughguile, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Educated at St Patrick’s National School in Loughguile, and at St. Malachy’s College, Belfast, and Queen’s University of Belfast. 1941 – He was ordained a priest in June. 1944 – Studied philosophy ..
1902 – Born on December 6th in Caronno Pertusella, Lombardy. 1926 – Received his doctorate in theology from the Catholic University of Milan. – He was ordained as a priest on May 29th in the Cathedral of Milan. 1948 – Became a monsignor on December 7th. 1960 – Was the auxiliary bishop of ..
1912 – Born on March 1st in Montreal, Quebec. Archbishop of Toronto. – Educated at St. Patrick’s Boy’s School, Montreal College. 1933 – Received his B.A. degree from University of Montreal. 1937 – Ordained as a priest in Montreal. – He supervied the Montreal Catholic School Commission. 1941 – He was ..
1894 – Born on May 7th in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. American Catholic cardinal. 1920 – He entered St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia to study for the Priesthood. – He was ordained as a priest. 1940 – He was asked to work for Pope Pius XII in Rome as a judge on the Sacred Roman ..
1404 – Thomas Bourchier was born. – He was educated at the University of Oxford, he then entered the church and obtained rapid promotion. 1434 – He became Bishop of Worcester, being consecrated on May 15. 1443 – He was Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and he was appointed Bishop of Ely. ..
1475 – Born on the 13th of September at Rome to Cardinal Rodrigo de Lanzol y Borja, soon to become Pope Alexander VI. 1490 – At the age of 15 he was made Bishop of Pamplona. 1493 – He was made Cardinal at the age of 18. 1498 – On 17th of August, he became ..