12 Notable alumni of
Saint John's Seminary
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Saint John's Seminary is 3127th in the world, 1071st in North America, and 1015th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Saint John's Seminary sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Richard Cushing
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Richard James Cushing 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 of new churches, schools, and institutions. Unlike his predecessor, he was on good terms with practically the entire Boston elite, as he softened the traditional confrontation between the Catholic Irish and the Protestant upper-class. He built useful relationships with Jews, Protestants, and institutions outside the usual Catholic community. He helped presidential candidate John F. Kennedy deflect fears of papal interference in American government if a Catholic became president.
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Richard Joseph Malone
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Richard Joseph Malone is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in New York, from 2012 to 2019. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Portland in Maine from 2004 to 2012 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 2000 to 2004.
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Alfred Clifton Hughes
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Alfred Clifton Hughes, KCHS is a retired American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of New Orleans from 2002 to 2009.
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Paul Fitzpatrick Russell
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- Catholic priestCatholic deaconprofessor
- Biography
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Paul Fitzpatrick Russell is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in May 2022. He previously served as the apostolic nuncio to Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan and the head of the diplomatic mission to Taiwan. In accordance with those roles, he has the personal title of archbishop.
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Nicholas Samra
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- Catholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Nicholas James Samra is a Syrian American prelate who served as Eparch of Newton in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 2011 to 2022. He also served as Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso in Mexico City from 2015 to 2019. Samra has written extensively on the subject of ecumenism and the Eastern Catholic Churches.
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James Anthony Walsh
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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James Anthony Walsh was the co-founder of Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.
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Jonathan DeFelice
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Jonathan DeFelice OSB is an American Catholic priest and the former President of Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Serving the college for 24 years, Father DeFelice was the longest serving college president in the state of New Hampshire.
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Austin Dowling
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Daniel Austin Dowling was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the second archbishop of what was then the Archdiocese of Saint Paul in Minnesota from 1919 until his death.
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John R. McNamara
- Enrolled in Saint John's Seminary
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- Catholic priestmilitary officerCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Chaplain John Richard McNamara, USN (September 4, 1927 – April 16, 2001) was an American Navy officer who served as the 17th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy from 1985 to 1988. He was awarded the Bronze Star for service with the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam.
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David O'Leary
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United States - Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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David O'Leary is a priest and educator, appointed as a Canon in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem. He is currently serving as the Pastor at Good Shepherd Parish in Wayland, MA. Previously, Reverend O'Leary was Parochial Vicar at Immaculate Conception Parish in Malden, MA. and was also formerly the University Chaplain for Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. During his time at Tufts University he was also Senior Lecturer in Religion and Medical Ethics and Chair of the Social, Behavioral and Educational Institutional Review Board.
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John P. McDonough
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- military officer
- Biography
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John P. McDonough was an American Air Force officer who served as Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force.
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Henry J. Meade
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- military officer
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Henry J. Meade was Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1925, Meade was an ordained Roman Catholic priest. He graduated from Saint Anselm College and Saint John's Seminary. Meade died on June 22, 2006.