Richard Cardinal Cushing
Overview
Richard James Cushing was an American
United States
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 prelate
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 of the Roman Catholic Church
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. He served as Archbishop of Boston
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
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 from 1944 to 1970, and was created a cardinal
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 in 1958.
Cushing was born in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston
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, Massachusetts
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, on August 24, 1895. The third of five children, he was the son of Patrick and Mary (née Dahill) Cushing. His parents were both Irish
Ireland
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 immigrants; his father was originally from Glanworth
Glanworth
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, County Cork
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, and his mother from Touraneena
Touraneena
Touraneena, officially Tooraneena , is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland. It lies in the Sliabh gCua district between the Comeraghs and Knockmealdown Mountains. It may be accessed from the main R672 road between Clonmel and Dungarvan. It is located approximately from Dungarvan and from...

, County Waterford
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*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...

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