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John Wright

American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1909–1979)
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John Wright
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Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
July 18, 1909
Date of death
August 10, 1979
Place of birth
Boston, Dorchester[7]
Place of death
Cambridge
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
Catholic priest (1935–present), Catholic bishop (1947–present)
Position held
cardinal (1969–present), Roman catholic Bishop of Worcester (Massachusetts) (1950–present), diocesan bishop (1959–1969), titular bishop (1947–present), auxiliary bishop (1947–present)[10][11][12][13][14]
Educated at
Boston College, Saint John's Seminary[15][16]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Consecrator
Richard Cushing, Ralph Leo Hayes, James Louis Connolly[25][26][27]
Family name
Wright[20]
Given name
John, Joseph[21][22]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences[17]
Participant in
October 1978 conclave[23]
Place of burial
Holyhood Cemetery[8]
Writing language
English[28]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Joseph Cardinal Wright en John Joseph Wright en John Wright ar جون رايت de John Joseph Kardinal Wright de John Joseph Wright fa جان رایت id John Joseph Wright id John Wright (kardinal) it Giovanni Giuseppe Wright it Giovanni Wright ru Джон Джозеф Райт ru Райт, Джон Джозеф
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
0000000109154848
VIAF cluster ID
73910808
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50076005
GND ID
1121044816
American National Biography ID
0802174
Angelicum ID
76671
Biblioteca di Santa Sabina ID
10800
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122586519
CONOR.SI ID
112457827
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10953078
Catholic Hierarchy person ID
wright
Described at URL
theclassalbum.com
Show all 38 identifiers +26
FAST ID
19358
FactGrid item ID
Heterogenität (Informationstechnik)
Find a Grave memorial ID
130677758
Freebase ID
/m/05whryt
GCatholic person ID
354
IdRef ID
059619961
IxTheo authority ID
873830776
Libraries Australia ID
35787895
Munzinger person ID
00000012414
NLA Trove people ID
1088103
NUKAT ID
n01093977
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000062767
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:X99;=BG
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
163115389
Open Library ID
OL1128044A
PUG authority ID
92522
Parsifal cluster ID
757k (322k–854k, n=4)
Pontifical Urbaniana University ID
9739
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
85187
RERO ID (legacy)
A018683251
SBN author ID
SBLV058616
SNAC ARK ID
w6sx7g4h
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church ID
1969:Wright
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/78651
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrC9t9Xf8jJFXKB8cvJXd
Yale LUX ID
person/5bde69db-13aa-47ec-83fb-e571c924d094

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🔗 Connections
← Consecrator 6
Anthony G. Bosco, Harold William Henry, Timothy Joseph Harrington, Carroll Thomas Dozier, Firmin Martin Schmidt, John Bernard McDowell
Position held 4
cardinal, titular bishop, auxiliary bishop, diocesan bishop
Consecrator 2
Richard Cushing, Ralph Leo Hayes
Given name 2
John, Joseph
Occupation 2
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Boston College
Family name 1
Wright
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Participant in 1
October 1978 conclave
Participated in 1
October 1978 conclave
Place of birth 1
Boston
Place of death 1
Cambridge
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

John Wright was born on July 18, 1909[1], in Boston[2]. He died on August 10, 1979[3], in Cambridge[4]. He worked as a Catholic priest[5] and Catholic bishop[6].

FAQs

Where was John Wright born?

John Wright was born in Boston[2].

Where did John Wright die?

John Wright passed away in Cambridge[4].

What did John Wright do for work?

John Wright worked as a Catholic priest[5] and Catholic bishop[6].

Where did John Wright go to school?

John Wright was educated at Boston College[15] and Saint John's Seminary[16].

Related Entities

Boston College United States

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  6. [10] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [5] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Analoghunter · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → John Wright - Boston Latin School yearbook 1927.jpg
    Described at URL → https://theclassalbum.com/p/john-joseph-wright-jr-1927
    "Created claim: Image: John Wright - Boston Latin School yearbook 1927.jpg, Add image: public-domain yearbook portrait uploaded to Commons"
  2. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Boston, Dorchester
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57880: Import more precise places of birth, date from dewiki"
  3. 18w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pontifical Urbaniana University ID → 9739
    "Created claim: Pontifical Urbaniana University ID: 9739, batch #260256"
  4. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 854007, 473641, 322267 +1
    "Created claim: Parsifal cluster ID: 757483, Matched to Giovanni Giuseppe Wright (#161620788) in Parsifa…"
  5. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 854007, 473641, 322267 +1
    "Created claim: Parsifal cluster ID: 322267, Matched to John Joseph Wright (#161204383) in Parsifal pers…"
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