Lawrence Joseph Riley
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ArchdioceseBoston
OrdinationSeptember 21, 1940
by Richard Cushing
by Richard Cushing
ConsecrationDecember 7, 1971
by Humberto Sousa Medeiros
by Humberto Sousa Medeiros
Lawrence Joseph Riley | |
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| Church | |
| Archdiocese | Boston |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 21, 1940 by Richard Cushing |
| Consecration | December 7, 1971 by Humberto Sousa Medeiros |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 6, 1914 |
| Died | December 2, 2001 (aged 87) Boston |
| Education | Pontifical Gregorian University Catholic University of America |
| Motto | Mane nobiscum, Domine (Stay with us, Lord) |
Lawrence Joseph Riley (September 6, 1914 – December 2, 2001) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 1971 to 1990
Lawrence Riley was born on September 6, 1914, in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] He resided in Rome at the Pontifical North American College while studying at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Riley also earned a degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.[2]
Riley was ordained to the priesthood at Sacred Heart Church in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, on September 21, 1940, for the Archdiocese of Boston by Bishop Richard Cushing.[1]
