Benedict Joseph Fenwick was an American Catholic prelate, Jesuit, and educator who served as the Bishop of Boston from 1825 until his death in 1846. In 1843, he founded the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Prior to that, he was twice the president of Georgetown College and established several educational institutions in New York City and Boston.
Benedict Joseph Fenwick
The original St. Patrick's Cathedral, as it appeared during Fenwick's time there
Ruins of the Ursuline convent in Charlestown after the riot of 1834
After intense conflict, Fenwick placed St. Mary's Church in Boston under interdict.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
The Archdiocese of Boston is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. The archdiocese is the fourth largest in the United States. As of 2023, the archbishop of Boston is Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley.
Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, 2007
Bishop Cheverus
Cardinal Law
Cardinal O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston