Richard Cushing

American Catholic cardinal (1895–1970)

Person Human Q593669

Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[21]
Date of birth: August 24, 1895
Date of death: November 2, 1970
Place of birth: Boston
Place of death: Boston
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: Catholic priest (1921–present), Catholic bishop (1939–present)
Position held: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston (1944–1970), cardinal (1958–present), titular bishop (1939–present), auxiliary bishop (1939–present)^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Educated at: Saint John's Seminary, Boston College, Boston College High School^[13]^[14]^[15]
Religion or worldview: Catholic Church^[20]
Award received: Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1957), honorary doctor of the University of Portland (1952), Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1964)^[16]^[17]^[18]
Cause of death: cancer^[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[32]
Consecrator: William Henry O'Connell, John Bertram Peterson, Thomas Addis Emmet^[33]^[34]^[35]
Family name: Cushing^[23]
Given name: Richard, James^[24]^[25]
Manner of death: natural causes^[26]
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[19]
Participant in: 1963 conclave, Second Vatican Council: Session One, Second Vatican Council: Session Two, Second Vatican Council: Session Three, Second Vatican Council: Session Four^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]
Place of burial: Massachusetts^[7]
Writing language: English^[36]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 53

ISNI: 0000000110522767
VIAF cluster ID: 33475016
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n86047917
GND ID: 104646714X
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Cardinal Cushing.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID: 0800339
BAnQ authority ID: 0000017252
CONOR.SI ID: 138552419
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme): 0067B6339
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10305685
Catholic Hierarchy person ID: cushing
FAST ID: 1718282

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FamilySearch person ID: LM9Z-38T
Find a Grave memorial ID: 247
Freebase ID: /m/05qps2
GCatholic person ID: 439
GTAA ID: 91023
Geni profile ID: 6000000020799380452
IdRef ID: 152335463
IxTheo authority ID: 776476580
J9U entity ID: 987007496573005171
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID: 104646714X
KBR person ID: 14084500
Libraries Australia ID: 36012612
Munzinger person ID: 00000008917
MusicBrainz artist ID: 0e1db746-18e7-477a-9849-c05a5f699854
NL CR AUT ID: uk2005272025
NLA Trove people ID: 1185226
NNDB people ID: 532/000174010
NUKAT ID: n98040519
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls001099204
National Library of Israel ID (old): 001402871
National Library of Korea ID: KAC2022C4279
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:bXe;=Bv
National Library of Portugal ID: 407130
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071666427
Online Books Page author ID: Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970
Open Library ID: OL4239531A
PUG authority ID: 69144
Parsifal cluster ID: 274040
Pontifical Urbaniana University ID: 40061
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID: 20331
Prabook ID: 679719
RERO ID (legacy): A003148365
Regesta Ecclesiastica Salisburgensia ID: 7343
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 181494
SNAC ARK ID: w6fk38zq, w6nz87wz
The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church ID: 1958:Cushing
Treccani ID: richard-james-cushing
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/157549
WikiTree person ID: Cushing-1867
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJgRMMBWb8QG67FvxyBpT3
Yale LUX ID: person/8f842bf1-d851-41c3-a6c5-90c4c606a570

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🔗 Connections

← Consecrator 11

John Wright, George Hamilton Pearce, Daniel Anthony Cronin, William John McNaughton, Christopher Joseph Weldon, Harold William Henry, Raymond Aloysius Lane, Thomas John Feeney +3 more

Consecrator 3

William Henry O'Connell, John Bertram Peterson, Thomas Addis Emmet

Position held 3

cardinal, titular bishop, auxiliary bishop

Given name 2

Richard, James

Occupation 2

Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

Award received 1

honorary doctor of the University of Portland

Cause of death 1

cancer

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Boston College

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Member of 1

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Participant in 1

1963 conclave

Participated in 1

1963 conclave

Place of birth 1

Boston

Place of burial 1

Massachusetts

Place of death 1

Boston

Religion or worldview 1

Catholic Church

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Richard Cushing was born on August 24, 1895^[1], in Boston^[2]. He died on November 2, 1970^[3], in Boston^[4]. He worked as a Catholic priest^[5] and Catholic bishop^[6].

FAQs

Where was Richard Cushing born?

Richard Cushing's place of birth was Boston^[2].

Where did Richard Cushing die?

Richard Cushing passed away in Boston^[4].

What did Richard Cushing do for work?

Richard Cushing worked as a Catholic priest^[5] and Catholic bishop^[6].

Where did Richard Cushing go to school?

Richard Cushing was educated at Saint John's Seminary^[13], Boston College^[14], and Boston College High School^[15].

What awards did Richard Cushing receive?

Honors received include Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany^[16], honorary doctor of the University of Portland^[17], and Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic^[18].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Richard Cushing — place of birth (P19): Boston. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Richard Cushing — place of death (P20): Boston. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-31. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Richard Cushing — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Richard Cushing — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Richard Cushing — position held (P39): Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Richard Cushing — position held (P39): cardinal. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-02-05. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Richard Cushing — position held (P39): titular bishop. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Richard Cushing — position held (P39): auxiliary bishop. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Richard Cushing — educated at (P69): Saint John's Seminary. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Richard Cushing — educated at (P69): Boston College. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Richard Cushing — educated at (P69): Boston College High School. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Richard Cushing — occupation (P106): Catholic priest. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Richard Cushing — occupation (P106): Catholic bishop. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-02-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Richard Cushing — place of burial (P119): Massachusetts. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Richard Cushing — religion or worldview (P140): Catholic Church. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-10-15. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Richard Cushing — award received (P166): Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Richard Cushing — award received (P166): honorary doctor of the University of Portland. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Richard Cushing — award received (P166): Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Richard Cushing — member of (P463): American Academy of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Richard Cushing — cause of death (P509): cancer. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Richard Cushing — date of birth (P569): August 24, 1895. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Richard Cushing — date of death (P570): November 2, 1970. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Richard Cushing — family name (P734): Cushing. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Richard Cushing — given name (P735): Richard. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Richard Cushing — given name (P735): James. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Richard Cushing — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Richard Cushing — participant in (P1344): 1963 conclave. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Richard Cushing — participant in (P1344): Second Vatican Council: Session One. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Richard Cushing — participant in (P1344): Second Vatican Council: Session Two. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Richard Cushing — participant in (P1344): Second Vatican Council: Session Three. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Richard Cushing — participant in (P1344): Second Vatican Council: Session Four. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Richard Cushing — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Richard Cushing — consecrator (P1598): William Henry O'Connell. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Richard Cushing — consecrator (P1598): John Bertram Peterson. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Richard Cushing — consecrator (P1598): Thomas Addis Emmet. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Richard Cushing — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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