Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970
Dates
- Existence: 1895-08-24 - 1970-11-02
Biographical note
Richard James Cushing was born on August 24, 1895 in South Boston, Massachusetts to Patrick and Mary (Dahill) Cushing. In 1913 he studied at Boston College for two years and in 1915 began his studies for the priesthood at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts. He was ordained in 1921 by Cardinal William Henry O’Connell and his first assignment was as curate at St. Patrick Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
In 1922, Cushing was assigned to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Cushing became director of the society in 1928, and continued in this role until 1944. In 1939, Cardinal O’Connell, Archbishop of Boston, elevated Cushing to the role of Auxiliary Archbishop of Boston. When O’Connell died in 1944, Pope Pius XII named Cushing the sixth bishop and third Archbishop of Boston. In 1958, Pope John XXIII elevated Cushing to the cardinalate. As Archbishop of Boston, Cushing was committed to bettering relations between the Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish communities of Boston. Cushing retired as Archbishop of Boston in 1970 due to failing health. He died on November 2, 1970 in Brighton, Massachusetts.
Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
W. Seavey Joyce, SJ, President’s Office records
Collection is closed. Access with permission of office. Departmental records and faculty files containing student records, faculty tenure and promotion files, and other records containing personally identifiable information are closed due to privacy restrictions.
Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President's Office records
Collection is open for research. Series I. Admissions is closed in its entirety due to privacy restrictions, and is stored off-site. A small amount of material in other series is also closed due to privacy restrictions.
Cardinal Cushing: scrapbook
The scrapbook consists primarily of newspaper tributes looking back on the life of Richard Cardinal Cushing. Most were published shortly after his death. It also contains original photographs of Cardinal Cushing's funeral mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts.
Open for research.
Alice M. Grady collection of the Boston and Maine Railroad Group's Fund for the Archbishop's Charities correspondence
Correspondence kept by Alice M. Grady, representative for the Boston and Maine Railroad Group's Fund for the Archbishop's Charities, between the Fund and Archbishop Richard Cushing's office.
Collection is open for research.