Sean P. O'Malley, archbishop of Boston


Age: 68

Born: June 29, 1944 in Lakewood, Ohio

Education: St. Fidelis Seminary (Butler, Pa.), Capuchin College (Washington, D.C.), and Catholic University of America

Ordained a priest: 1970 in Pittsburgh

Posts held: bishop of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (1985-1992); bishop of Fall River, Mass. (1992-2002); bishop of Palm Beach (2002-2003); archbishop of Boston (2003-present)

Elevated to cardinal: 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI

(RNS photo by Gregory L. Tracy/The Pilot)

(RNS1-feb13) Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley. For use with RNS-US-CARDINALS, transmitted on February 13, 2013, RNS photo by Gregory L. Tracy/The Pilot.

Sally Morrow

Sally Morrow

Sally Morrow joined Religion News Service in March 2012 as Photo/Multimedia Editor. She is a photographer and editor based in Kansas City, Mo. Morrow has worked as a multimedia editor and photographer at Newsday, The Des Moines Register, and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

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