Walter James Edyvean
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Walter James Edyvean |
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| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston Titular Bishop of Aeliae |
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| Archdiocese | Boston |
| Appointed | June 29, 2001 |
| Installed | September 14, 2001 |
| Term ended | June 29, 2014 |
| Other posts | Titular Bishop of Aeliae |
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| Ordination | December 16, 1964 by Francis Frederick Reh |
| Consecration | September 14, 2001 by Bernard Francis Law, Lawrence Joseph Riley, and William Murphy |
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| Born |
October 18, 1938 Medford, Massachusetts |
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Styles of Walter James Edyvean |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Walter James Edyvean (born October 18, 1938) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is a retired auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston who served from 2001 to 2014.
Edyvean was born in Medford, Massachusetts, and attended Boston College, from where he obtained a degree in English literature in 1960. He also studied at St. John's Seminary before furthering his studies in Rome at the Pontifical North American College and Pontifical Gregorian University, there earning a baccalaureate (1963) and licentiate in theology (1965). While in Rome, Edyvean was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Francis Reh on December 16, 1964.
He was an assistant pastor at St. Joseph Church in Ipswich from 1965 to 1968, and earned a doctorate in theology after further studies in Rome from 1968 to 1971. He was a faculty member of St. John's Seminary from 1971 to 1990, when he was named capo ufficio of the Congregation for Catholic Education in the Roman Curia.
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