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John Wright (cardinal)
John Joseph Wright (July 18, 1909 – August 10, 1979) was an American Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1969 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.
Wright previously served as bishop of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1969, as bishop of Worcester in Massachusetts from 1950 to 1959 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 1947 to 1950.
John Joseph Wright was born on July 18, 1909, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to John and Harriet (née Cokely) Wright. As a child, he listened to World War I veterans talking about their service in France, creating a fascination with that nation.
While attending Boston Latin School, he worked at the Hyde Park branch of the Boston Public Library as stack boy in the evenings and summers. He also financed his studies by working for The Boston Post.
Wright graduated from Boston College in 1931, and then entered St. John's Seminary in Boston At the end of his first year at St. John's, the archdiocese sent him to Rome to reside at the Pontifical North American College while studying at the Pontifical Gregorian University. While in Europe, he took unpaid parish work in Scotland, England and France, While in France, he took a parish in the Dordogne Department, learning the folk songs and poetr of that region.
Wright was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston by Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani on December 8, 1935, in the chapel of the North American College. After his ordination, Wright continued graduate work at the Gregorian, earning his Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1936 and his Doctorate of Sacred Theology in 1939.
After returning to Boston, Wright taught philosophy and theology at St. John's Seminary. In 1943, he was appointed private secretary to Cardinal William Henry O'Connell. Wright continued in this position under O'Connell's successor, Archbishop Richard Cushing. The Vatican raised Wright to the rank of monsignor on December 17, 1944.
On May 10, 1947, Pope Pius XII appointed Wright as auxiliary bishop of Boston and titular bishop of Aegeae. Wright received his episcopal consecration on June 30. 1947, from Cushing, with Bishops Ralph Hayes and James Connelly serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston.
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John Wright (cardinal)
John Joseph Wright (July 18, 1909 – August 10, 1979) was an American Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1969 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.
Wright previously served as bishop of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1969, as bishop of Worcester in Massachusetts from 1950 to 1959 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 1947 to 1950.
John Joseph Wright was born on July 18, 1909, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to John and Harriet (née Cokely) Wright. As a child, he listened to World War I veterans talking about their service in France, creating a fascination with that nation.
While attending Boston Latin School, he worked at the Hyde Park branch of the Boston Public Library as stack boy in the evenings and summers. He also financed his studies by working for The Boston Post.
Wright graduated from Boston College in 1931, and then entered St. John's Seminary in Boston At the end of his first year at St. John's, the archdiocese sent him to Rome to reside at the Pontifical North American College while studying at the Pontifical Gregorian University. While in Europe, he took unpaid parish work in Scotland, England and France, While in France, he took a parish in the Dordogne Department, learning the folk songs and poetr of that region.
Wright was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston by Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani on December 8, 1935, in the chapel of the North American College. After his ordination, Wright continued graduate work at the Gregorian, earning his Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1936 and his Doctorate of Sacred Theology in 1939.
After returning to Boston, Wright taught philosophy and theology at St. John's Seminary. In 1943, he was appointed private secretary to Cardinal William Henry O'Connell. Wright continued in this position under O'Connell's successor, Archbishop Richard Cushing. The Vatican raised Wright to the rank of monsignor on December 17, 1944.
On May 10, 1947, Pope Pius XII appointed Wright as auxiliary bishop of Boston and titular bishop of Aegeae. Wright received his episcopal consecration on June 30. 1947, from Cushing, with Bishops Ralph Hayes and James Connelly serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston.