Louis Francis Kelleher
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ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseBoston
OrdinationApril 3, 1915
by Basilio Pompili
by Basilio Pompili
ConsecrationJune 8, 1945
by Richard Cushing
by Richard Cushing
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Louis Francis Kelleher | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Boston |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | April 3, 1915 by Basilio Pompili |
| Consecration | June 8, 1945 by Richard Cushing |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 4, 1869 |
| Died | November 26, 1946 (aged 77) |
| Education | Boston College Urban College |
| Motto | Apostolus Jesu (Apostle of Jesus) |
Louis Francis Kelleher (August 4, 1889 – November 26, 1946) 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 1945 to 1946.
Louis Kelleher was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on August 4, 1889.[1] He attended St. Mary's School in Cambridge and then St. Thomas Aquinas College. Kelleher entered Boston College in 1910. Deciding to become a priest, he entered the archdiocesan seminary. He was then sent to Rome to reside at the Pontifical North American College while studying at the Urban College.[2]
