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Francis Xavier Irwin

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Francis Xavier Irwin
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston
Titular Bishop of Ubaza
Archdiocese Boston
Appointed July 24, 1996
Installed September 17, 1996
Term ended October 20, 2009
Other posts Titular Bishop of Ubaza
Orders
Ordination February 2, 1960
by Richard Cushing
Consecration September 17, 1996
by Bernard Francis Law
Theodore Edgar McCarrick
Robert Joseph Banks
Personal details
Born (1934-01-09) January 9, 1934 (age 83)
Medford, Massachusetts
Motto To live in joyful hope
Styles of
Francis Xavier Irwin
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Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop


Francis Xavier Irwin (born January 9, 1934) is a retired American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who is the Titular Bishop of Ubaza and served as Auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Boston from 1996 to 2009.

Irwin was born in Medford, Massachusetts. He was ordained a priest by Richard J. Cardinal Cushing in 1960.

He was consecrated a bishop on September 17, 1996 and served as Regional Bishop of the North Region of the Archdiocese of Boston.

On October 20, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI accepted his request for retirement from office, submitted on the date of his 75th birthday as required by the Code of Canon Law


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