John Anthony Dooher

His Excellency, The Most Reverend John Anthony Dooher
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston Titular Bishop of Theveste
Archdiocese	Boston
Appointed	October 12, 2006
Installed	December 12, 2006
Other posts	Titular Bishop of Theveste
Orders
Ordination	May 21, 1969
Consecration	December 12, 2006 by Seán Patrick O'Malley, Francis Xavier Irwin, and Walter James Edyvean
Personal details
Born	(1943-05-03) May 3, 1943 Dorchester, Massachusetts
Motto	COME FOLLOW ME

Styles of John Anthony Dooher

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

John Anthony Dooher (born May 3, 1943) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston.

Biography

Early life and education

John Dooher was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to Irish immigrants Anthony (Tony) and Brigid (Patsy) Dooher.^[1]^[2] One of four children, he has two brothers, Francis and Terence, and one sister, Kathleen.^[2] Following the death of his aunt, many of his cousins moved in with his family.^[2] He had several priests in his family.^[2]

He was inspired as a young man by Fr. Mortimer Gavin, who founded the Boston Labor Guild.^[2] He studied at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965 and a Master's in Divinity in 1969.^[3]^[2]

Ordination and ministry

Dooher was ordained to the priesthood on May 21, 1969,^[4] and then served as associate pastor at St. Francis Xavier Church in Weymouth and chaplain at South Shore Hospital and South Weymouth Naval Air Station until 1974.^[1]^[2] From 1974 to 1991, he served at St. Augustine Church in South Boston.^[2] During this period, he was also President of the Priests' Senate (1978–1982) and Director of the Office of Spiritual Development (1982–1991).^[1]^[2]

From 1991 to 1996, Dooher served at St. Vincent de Paul Church and Ss. Peter and Paul Church, which were later merged.^[1]^[2] He was then named pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Dedham in 1996.^[3] At St. Mary's, Dooher also founded the Life Teen program.^[1] He said that Life Teen was "one of the most satisfying things I've ever been involved with in ministry. If there's any group that needs to feel as if they belong to a church, its teenagers, and Life Teen really helps with that."^[2]

Dooher was part of the Singing Priests, a group that performed forvarious charities, and plays the guitar, harp, and piano.^[2]

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston

On October 12, 2006, Dooher was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Boston and Titular Bishop of Theveste by Pope Benedict XVI.^[4] He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 12 from Seán Cardinal O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., with Bishops Francis Irwin and Walter Edyvean serving as co-consecrators.^[4] As an auxiliary, Dooher serves as regional bishop for the South Pastoral Region.^[5]

His appointment was met with some criticism from advocates of sexual abuse victims' rights, who claimed that Dooher "abetted a harmful and immoral coverup for the Boston archdiocese" as a priest.^[6]^[7] He had been mentioned in a 2003 report by Attorney General Thomas Reilly as one of two priests who in the mid-1990s met with pastors in parishes affected by abuse cases, and in a 2002 deposition by Bishop John McCormack as having participated in conversations in the Archdiocese in 1994 about where to house abusive priests.^[6]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Tracy, Donis. "Bishop John A. Dooher: A life trusting in God's providence". The Pilot.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Father John Dooher: Putting faith into practice". The Dedham Times. October 5, 2001. p. 14.
1 2 "Bishop Franklin's Resignation Accepted, Bishop Martin J. Amos Named Bishop of Davenport; Pope Names Two Auxiliary Bishops for Archdiocese of Boston". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2006-10-11.
1 2 3 "Bishop John Anthony Dooher". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
↑ "Most Reverend John Anthony Dooher". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.
1 2 Paulson, Michael (2006-10-13). "Priests' rise is called sign of change, hope". The Boston Globe.
↑ Yon-Gharbi, Sophie (2006-12-12). "Protesters Object to Reverend John Dooher's Elevation". Boston Indymedia.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston 2006–present	Succeeded by incumbent

Archdiocese of Boston

Ordinaries	Bishops Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus Benedict Joseph Fenwick John Bernard Fitzpatrick Archbishops John Joseph Williams William Henry O'Connell Richard Cushing Humberto Sousa Medeiros Bernard Francis Law Seán Patrick O'Malley Auxiliary Bishops Joseph Gaudentius Anderson John Anthony Dooher Walter James Edyvean Robert Francis Hennessey Arthur Kennedy Peter John Uglietto

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Holy Cross Basilica and shrines Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston St. Anthony Shrine, Boston St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine, Boston Parishes Holy Name, West Roxbury Holy Trinity, Lowell Our Lady of Czestochowa, Boston Our Lady of Good Voyage, Gloucester Our Lady Help of Christians, Newton Sacred Heart, Cambridge St. Albert the Great, Weymouth St. Charles Borromeo, Waltham St. John the Baptist, Salem St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge St. Joseph, Boston St. Leonard, Boston St. Mary, Dedham (History) St. Mary, Milton St. Mary, Newton St. Mary, Waltham St. Mary, Winchester St. Mary – St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown St. Paul, Cambridge St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr, Chelsea St. Susanna, Dedham Former parishes Holy Cross, Boston Our Lady of Mount Carmel, East Boston St. Aidan, Brookline St. Catherine of Sienna, Charlestown St. Joseph, Roxbury St. Mary, Charlestown St. Stephen, Boston

Education	Seminaries Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary St. John's Seminary Colleges Boston College Emmanuel College Labouré College Marian Court College Merrimack College Regis College St. John's Seminary High Schools Academy of Notre Dame, Tyngsboro Archbishop Williams High School, Braintree Arlington Catholic High School, Arlington Austin Preparatory School, Reading Bishop Fenwick High School, Peabody Boston College High School, Dorchester Cardinal Spellman High School, Brockton Cathedral High School, Boston Catholic Memorial School, West Roxbury Central Catholic High School, Lawrence Cristo Rey Boston High School, Dorchester Elizabeth Seton Academy, Boston Fontbonne Academy, Milton Lowell Catholic High School, Lowell Malden Catholic High School, Malden Marian High School Framingham Matignon High School, Cambridge Mount Alvernia High School, Newton Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Boston Nazareth Academy, Wakefield Newton Country Day School, Newton Notre Dame Academy, Hingham Notre Dame High School, Lawrence Pope John XXIII High School, Everett Presentation of Mary Academy, Methuen Sacred Heart High School, Kingston Saint Clement High School, Medford St. John's Preparatory School, Danvers St. Mary's High School, Lynn Saint Sebastian's School, Needham Ursuline Academy, Dedham Xaverian Brothers High School, Westwood

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