Eric Francis MacKenzie (December 6, 1893 – August 20, 1969) was a

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bishop. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, MacKenzie was ordained to the priesthood on October 20, 1918, for the

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. He earned a doctorate in canon law from the Catholic University of America, his dissertation being: "The Delict of Heresy in Its Commission, Penalization, Absolution, (CUA diss. 77, 1932) 116 pp." On July 11, 1950, he was appointed

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of ''Alba'' and auxiliary bishop of the Boston Archdiocese and was ordained bishop on September 14, 1950.Eric Francis MacKenzie
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