Arthur Kennedy (bishop)

The Most Reverend Arthur Leo Kennedy
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston Titular Bishop of Timidana

Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Timidana
Appointed	June 30, 2010
Installed	September 14, 2010
Successor	incumbent
Orders
Ordination	December 17, 1966
Consecration	September 14, 2010
Personal details
Born	(1942-01-09) January 9, 1942 Boston, MA
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Boston Latin School Saint John's Seminary (B.A.) Pontifical Gregorian University (S.T.L.) Boston University (Ph.d.)
Motto	Ut cognoscant te (So that they may know you)

Styles of Arthur Leo Kennedy

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Ordination history of Arthur Kennedy (bishop)
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Francis Frederick Reh
Date of ordination	December 17, 1966
Place of ordination	St. Peter's Basilica
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Sean Patrick O'Malley
Co-consecrator	Walter James Edyvean
Co-consecrator	Robert Francis Hennessey
Date of consecration	September 14, 2010
Place of consecration	Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, MA

Arthur Leo Kennedy (born January 9, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, in Boston, Massachusetts.^[1]

Biography

Early life and education

Arthur Leo Kennedy was born on January 9, 1942 in Boston and is one of six children of the late Arthur and Helen (O’Rourke) Kennedy. He has four brothers (Kevin, Terrence, Christopher, and Brian) and one sister (Maurabeth). He is the uncle of four nieces and four nephews.^[2]

Kennedy attended Longfellow Elementary School in Boston’s Roslindale section and St. Aidan Grammar School in Brookline, Massachusetts before entering the Boston Latin School of which he is an alumnus of the class of 1959. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Saint John's Seminary College in 1963. Kennedy then attended the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy.

Ordination, education and ministry

Kennedy and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston on December 17, 1966 in St. Peter’s Basilica by the then rector of the Pontifical North American College, Bishop Francis Reh. He obtained a Licentiate of Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1967. He earned his doctorate in Systematic Theology/Philosophy of Religion in 1978 from Boston College where he was also a teaching assistant.

A native of the Archdiocese of Boston, Bishop Kennedy was ordained to the priesthood in December 1966. He served at St. Monica Parish in Methuen from 1967-1969 and St. Joseph Parish in East Boston from 1969-1974.

For nearly 33 years Bishop Kennedy served in various positions at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. While at the University of St. Thomas he also served at Holy Trinity Church in South Saint Paul from 1974-1982 and at the Church of the Assumption in St. Paul from 1982-2000. In addition to serving as a faculty member at the university, he was also on the faculty of the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity (1990, 1995–2000, 2006) and was Director of the Master of Arts in Theology program. From 2002-2005, amidst his assignment as university professor, Kennedy served as executive director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C.. He served as the Rector of Saint John's Seminary (Massachusetts) in Brighton, Massachusetts from July 2007 until July 2012.^[3]

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston

On June 14, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Kennedy auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston. His consecration was September 14, 2010 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. He chose as his episcopal motto: Ut cognoscant te, meaning, "so that they may know you." This phrase from Saint John's Gospel (John 17:3) expresses the profound directive of all Christian educators, that in their role they pledge themselves to teach, for Christ.

Bishop Kennedy was named Episcopal Vicar for the New Evangelization of the Archdiocese of Boston by Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley on Jan. 18, 2012. In this role Bishop Kennedy develops, oversees and promotes programs for awakening and strengthening the Catholic Faith in the Archdiocese of Boston, including the Theological Initiative for the New Evangelization.^[4]

References

↑ "Bishop Arthur Leo Kennedy". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ http://www.bostoncatholic.org/uploadedFiles/BostonCatholicorg/_Homepage/bishop-elect-kennedy_bio(2).pdf
↑ http://www.sjs.edu/faculty/
↑ http://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=14215

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston 2010–present	Incumbent

Archdiocese of Boston

Ordinaries	Bishops Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus Benedict Joseph Fenwick John Bernard Fitzpatrick Archbishops John Joseph Williams Cardinal William Henry O'Connell Cardinal Richard Cushing Cardinal Humberto Sousa Medeiros Cardinal Bernard Francis Law Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley Auxiliary Bishops John Anthony Dooher Walter James Edyvean Robert Francis Hennessey Arthur Kennedy Peter John Uglietto

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Holy Cross Basilica Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (The Mission Church) Parishes Holy Trinity Parish, Lowell Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, Boston St. Albert the Great Church, Weymouth St. John the Baptist Parish, Salem St. Mary's Church, Dedham St. Mary's Church, Waltham St. Mary's Church, Winchester St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr's Parish, Chelsea St. Susanna Church, Dedham

Education	Seminaries Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary St. John's Seminary Colleges Boston College Emmanuel College Labouré College Marian Court College Merrimack College Regis College St. John's Seminary High Schools Academy of Notre Dame, Tyngsboro Archbishop Williams High School, Braintree Arlington Catholic High School, Arlington Austin Preparatory School, Reading Bishop Fenwick High School, Peabody Boston College High School, Dorchester Cardinal Spellman High School, Brockton Cathedral High School, Boston Catholic Memorial School, West Roxbury Central Catholic High School, Lawrence Cristo Rey Boston High School, Dorchester Elizabeth Seton Academy, Boston Fontbonne Academy, Milton Lowell Catholic High School, Lowell Malden Catholic High School, Malden Marian High School Framingham Matignon High School, Cambridge Mount Alvernia High School, Newton Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Boston Nazareth Academy, Wakefield Newton Country Day School, Newton Notre Dame Academy, Hingham Notre Dame High School, Lawrence Pope John XXIII High School, Everett Presentation of Mary Academy, Methuen Sacred Heart High School, Kingston Saint Clement High School, Medford St. John's Preparatory School, Danvers St. Mary's High School, Lynn Saint Sebastian's School, Needham Ursuline Academy, Dedham Xaverian Brothers High School, Westwood

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