Francis Xavier Irwin
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Francis Xavier Irwin |
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| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston Titular Bishop of Ubaza |
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| Archdiocese | Boston |
| Appointed | July 24, 1996 |
| Installed | September 17, 1996 |
| Term ended | October 20, 2009 |
| Other posts | Titular Bishop of Ubaza |
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| Ordination | February 2, 1960 by Richard Cushing |
| Consecration | September 17, 1996 by Bernard Francis Law Theodore Edgar McCarrick Robert Joseph Banks |
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| Born |
January 9, 1934 Medford, Massachusetts |
| Motto | To live in joyful hope |
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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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