The Most Reverend John Joseph Williams | |
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Archbishop of Boston | |
See | Boston |
Installed | March 11, 1866 |
Term ended | August 30, 1907 |
Predecessor | John Bernard Fitzpatrick |
Successor | William Henry O'Connell |
Other post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of Boston (1866) |
Orders | |
Ordination | May 17, 1845 by Denis Auguste Affre |
Consecration | March 11, 1866 by John McCloskey |
Personal details | |
Born | Boston, Massachusetts, US | April 27, 1822
Died | August 30, 1907 Boston, Massachusetts, US | (aged 85)
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Parents | Michael Williams & Ann Egan |
John Joseph Williams was an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fourth Bishop and first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, serving between 1866 and his death in 1907.