Joseph Gaudentius Anderson
The Right Reverend Joseph Gaudentius Anderson | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Boston |
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| Ordination | May 20, 1892 by John Joseph Williams |
| Consecration | July 27, 1909 by William Henry O’Connell |
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| Born | September 30, 1865 Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | July 2, 1927 (aged 61) Boston, Massachusetts, |
| Buried | Holy Cross Cemetery Malden, Massachusetts |
| Motto | Fidelitas et vigilantia (Trust and vigilance) |
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Joseph Gaudentius Anderson (September 30, 1865 – July 2, 1927) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 1909 to 1927
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]John Anderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 30, 1865, to John J. Anderson and Ellen McVay. After attending public schools in Boston, the younger Anderson entered Boston College. He graduated in 1887 with an Artium Baccalaureus degree. Deciding to become a priest, Anderson entered St. John's Seminary in Boston.[1]
Priesthood
[edit]Anderson was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Boston by Archbishop John Joseph Williams in Boston on May 20, 1892.[2] [3]After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Anderson as a curate at St. Anne Parish in Neponset, Massachusetts. He was later transferred to St. Joseph Parish in Boston. In 1894, the archdiocese named Anderson as chaplain at the Charlestown State Prison in Charlestown, Massachusetts and at the Charles Street Jail in Boston.[1]
In 1903, Anderson was named as a director of the Catholic Charitable Bureau for the archdiocese. That same year, the archdiocese appointed him as pastor of St. Paul Parish in Boston. Archbishop William Henry O’Connell named Anderson as vicar general of the archdiocese in 1909. That same year, he received a Doctor of Divinity degree in Rome and was named a prothonotary apostolic by the Vatican.[1]
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston
[edit]On April 29, 1909, Pope Pius X named Anderson as titular bishop of Myrina and as anauxiliary bishop of Boston. He was consecrated on July 27, 1909, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston by O’Connell. [3]
As auxiliary bishop, Anderson was the vice president of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston, the Working Boys Home in Newton, Massachusetts, the Daly Industrial School in Boston and the Working Girls Home in Boston.[1]
Death
[edit]Anderson died in Boston on July 2, 1927. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1918). "Biographical History of Massachusetts" (PDF). Massachusetts Historical Society. pp. 24–27.
- ^ Eliot, Samuel Atkins, ed. (1918). Biographical History of Massachusetts. Vol. X. Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Biographical Society. Retrieved June 19, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Joseph Gaudentius Anderson [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
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