Joseph Gaudentius Anderson (September 30, 1865 – July 2, 1927) was an American
Roman Catholic
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bishop.
Biography
Born in
Boston, Massachusetts on September 30, 1865, Anderson was ordained a priest for the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
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on May 20, 1892.
On April 29, 1909, he was appointed
titular bishop
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of ''Myrina'' and
auxiliary bishop of the Boston Archdiocese. He was ordained bishop on July 27, 1909, and died in Boston on July 2, 1927, while still in office.
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1865 births
1927 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Clergy from Boston
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