Francis Xavier Irwin
{{Short description|American prelate (1934–2019)}}
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| honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend
| name = Francis Xavier Irwin
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| title = Auxiliary Bishop of Boston
Titular Bishop of Ubaza
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| archdiocese = Boston
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| appointed = July 24, 1996
| enthroned = September 17, 1996
| ended = October 20, 2009
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| other_post = Titular Bishop of Ubaza
| ordination = February 2, 1960
| ordained_by = Richard Cushing
| consecration = September 17, 1996
| consecrated_by = Bernard Francis Law
Theodore Edgar McCarrick
Robert Joseph Banks
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1934|01|09}}
| birth_place = Medford, Massachusetts
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|10|30|1934|01|09|mf=y}}
| death_place = Dennis, Massachusetts
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| motto = To live in joyful hope
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Francis Xavier Irwin (January 9, 1934 – October 30, 2019) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston from 1996 to 2009.
Biography
Irwin was born in Medford, Massachusetts, one of seven children. He attended Boston College High School, Boston College, and St. John Seminary. He was ordained a priest by Cardinal Richard Cushing on February 2, 1960. He held a variety of pastoral assignments and worked for almost twenty years at Catholic Charities.{{cite news | work = Boston Pilot | url = https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?Source=Archives&ID=11044 | access-date = November 3, 2019 | date= October 30, 2009 | title = Bishop Irwin retires as auxiliary and regional bishop | first = Robert M. | last = O'Grady }}
He was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Bernard Law on September 17, 1996 and served as Regional Bishop of the North Region of the Archdiocese of Boston.
Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation on October 20, 2009.{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/10/20/0651/01519.html | language= it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = November 3, 2019 | date= October 20, 2009 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 20.10.2009 }}
He died on October 30, 2019, at his home on Cape Cod.{{cite news | access-date = November 3, 2019 | date= October 31, 2019 | work = Boston Pilot | url = https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=186141 | title = Bishop Francis Irwin, Boston auxiliary, dies }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.bostoncatholic.org/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston]
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Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Category:People from Medford, Massachusetts