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Humberto Sousa Medeiros

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Humberto Sousa Medeiros
Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston
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Appointed September 8, 1970
Installed October 7, 1970
Term ended September 17, 1983
Predecessor Richard Cushing
Successor Bernard Law
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Orders
Ordination June 15, 1946
by James Edwin Cassidy
Consecration June 9, 1966
by James Louis Connolly
Created Cardinal March 5, 1973
by Paul VI
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1915-10-06)October 6, 1915
Arrifes, São Miguel Island, Azores
Died September 17, 1983(1983-09-17) (aged 67)
Boston, Massachusetts
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Motto ADVENIAT REGNUM TUUM
(THY KINGDOM COME)
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Humberto Sousa Medeiros (October 6, 1915 – September 17, 1983) was a Portuguese American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Boston from 1970 until his death in 1983, and was created a cardinal in 1973. An ecclesiastical conservative, Cardinal Medeiros was considered a champion of the immigrant worker, the poor and minorities.

Humberto Sousa Medeiros was born in Arrifes, on the island of São Miguel, Azores, to Antonio Medeiros and Maria de Jesus Sousa Massa Flor. He was baptized in the parish of Nossa Senhora da Saúde on November 1, 1915. His father raised vegetables and ran a small variety store until 1931, when the family emigrated to the United States and settled in Fall River, Massachusetts. The family attended St. Michael's Church, the local Portuguese parish.

Forced to leave school at age 16, Humberto swept floors in a local textile mill for 62 cents a day, studying English in his spare time. He was able to return to school in 1935, when his younger brothers became old enough to work to support the family. After graduating first in his class from B.M.C. Durfee High School in 1937, he entered The Catholic University of America. He became a naturalized citizen and obtained a Master of Philosophy degree in 1942 and a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1946.


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