Francis Xavier Irwin (January 9, 1934 – October 30, 2019) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an Auxiliary Bishop of the

Archdiocese of Boston The Archdiocese of Boston ( la, Archidiœcesis Bostoniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the New England region of the United States. Its territorial remit encompasses the whole of ...

from 1996 to 2009.

Biography

Irwin was born in

Medford, Massachusetts Medford is a city northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, Medford's population was 59,659. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus alo ...

, one of seven children. He attended Boston College High School,

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, and St. John Seminary. He was ordained a priest by Cardinal Richard Cushing on February 2, 1960. He held a variety of pastoral assignments and worked for almost twenty years at Catholic Charities. He was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal

Bernard Law Bernard Francis Law (November 4, 1931 – December 20, 2017) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, known largely for covering up the serial rape of children by Catholic priests. He served as Archbishop of Boston, archprie ...

on September 17, 1996 and served as Regional Bishop of the North Region of the

. Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation on October 20, 2009. He died on October 30, 2019, at his home on Cape Cod.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
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