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Notable Alumni of Saint John’s Seminary

Notable alumni of Saint John’s Seminary include Richard Cushing (Archbishop of Boston and Catholic cardinal), John Wright (American cardinal, prefect of Congregation for the Clergy) and Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (Auxiliary bishop of Detroit and former Vatican diplomat).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

  • John R. McNamara 1927–2001

    17th Chief of Navy Chaplains and Catholic bishop

    Master of Arts

    Also attended: College of the Holy Cross

  • John P. McDonough 1928–2021

    US Air Force general and Chief of Chaplains

Science and academia

  • F. Donald Logan 1930–2022

    Historian and professor at Emmanuel College

  • Philip King 1925–2019

    Catholic priest and biblical archaeologist

    Also attended: Catholic University of America

Arts and media

  • William Laurence Sullivan 1872–1935

    Unitarian clergyman, author and literary critic

    Also attended: Boston College

Other fields

  • Richard Cushing 1895–1970

    Archbishop of Boston and Catholic cardinal

    Also attended: Boston College

  • John Wright 1909–1979

    American cardinal, prefect of Congregation for the Clergy

    Also attended: Boston College

  • Paul Fitzpatrick Russell 1959–

    Auxiliary bishop of Detroit and former Vatican diplomat

  • Alfred Clifton Hughes 1932–

    Former archbishop of New Orleans

  • Richard Joseph Malone 1946–

    Former Catholic bishop of Buffalo

    Also attended: Boston College

  • John Michael D'Arcy 1932–2013

    Catholic Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend

  • Robert Joseph Banks 1928–2026

    Former bishop of Green Bay

  • Daniel Anthony Hart 1927–2008

    Former Catholic bishop of Norwich, Connecticut

    Also attended: Boston College

  • James Anthony Walsh 1867–1936

    Catholic bishop and co-founder of Maryknoll

    Also attended: Boston College, Harvard University

  • Roger Morin 1941–2019

    Third Catholic bishop of Biloxi

    Also attended: Tulane University of Louisiana, Notre Dame Seminary Graduate School of Theology

  • Richard Lennon 1947–2019

    Former Catholic Bishop of Cleveland

    Also attended: Boston College

  • George William Coleman 1939–2024

    Former Catholic bishop of Fall River

  • Thomas Vose Daily 1927–2017

    Roman Catholic bishop of Brooklyn, 1990–2003

    Also attended: Boston College

  • Walter James Edyvean 1938–2019

    Auxiliary bishop of Boston

    Also attended: Boston College

  • Peter John Uglietto 1951–

    Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston

    Master's degree · Master of Divinity

    Also attended: Boston University, Creighton University

  • Nicholas Samra 1944–

    Former Melkite Greek Catholic Eparch of Newton

    Also attended: Saint Anselm College

  • Daniel Anthony Cronin 1927–

    Former Catholic archbishop of Hartford

  • Robert Francis Hennessey 1952–

    Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston

    Also attended: University of Notre Dame

  • Austin Dowling 1868–1930

    Second Catholic archbishop of Saint Paul

    Also attended: Catholic University of America, Manhattan University

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

Alumni network

Colleges that share the most alumni with Saint John’s Seminary (people who attended both).