Cardinal Law Ordains Two Auxiliary Bishops for Archdiocese

By John Cronin
Boston (MA) Herald
December 28, 1995

In a ceremony rich in tradition and accompanied by contemporary and gospel music, Bernard Cardinal Law ordained two new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Boston yesterday.

The Most Revs. John B. McCormack and William F. Murphy were welcomed with a resounding round of applause from the nearly 5,000 attendees.

The congregation, including clergy of other faiths as well as Jewish, Buddhist and Muslim representatives, witnessed the centuries-old rite in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

Bishop McCormack, a Boston College High School and St. John's seminary graduate, was formerly ministerial personnel administrator for the archdiocese and is pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church in Weymouth. He also holds a master's degree in social work from Boston College.

Bishop Murphy, vicar-general of the archdiocese, is an alumnus of Harvard College, St. John's Seminary and the North American College in Rome. He also served as U.S. observer during presidential elections in Haiti.

Both bishops will be assigned to new posts, assisting the cardinal in the running of the archdiocese.

U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Raymond Flynn congratulated both of the newly ordained bishops.

Recalling the appointment of Cardinal Law to the archdiocese in 1984, Flynn reminded them of the now-famous statement that "After Boston, there's only heaven!"

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