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Francis Xavier Irwin (January 9, 1934 – October 30, 2019) was an American
prelate A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'pre ...
of the
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who served as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston from 1996 to 2009.


Biography

Irwin was born in Medford, Massachusetts, one of seven children. He attended
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, Boston College, and St. John Seminary. He was
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a
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by Cardinal
Richard Cushing Richard James Cushing (August 24, 1895 – November 2, 1970) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970 and was made a cardinal in 1958. Cushing's main role was as fundraiser and builder ...
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 on September 17, 1996 and served as Regional Bishop of the North Region of the Archdiocese of Boston.
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accepted his resignation on October 20, 2009. He died on October 30, 2019, at his home on
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.


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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
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