On Tuesday, September 14, live at 2 p.m., the CatholicTV Network will broadcast the Episcopal Ordination Mass of bishops-Elect Arthur Kennedy and Peter Uglietto as auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Boston. Cardinal Seán O'Malley will preside at the con-celebrated Mass and serve as principal consecrator. The Mass will be rebroadcast at 8 p.m. (all times Eastern). The Mass will be archived at the America's Catholic Television Network page at Your Catholic Broadband Network, CatholicTV.com.
Bishop-Elect Kennedy serves as Rector of Saint John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts. Since 2007, when Kennedy began working as Rector, the size of the seminary community quadrupled from 20 to 80 for the incoming Fall 2010 class. Kennedy has served as Executive Director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, and has worked at numerous parishes. He has a licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) from the Pontifical Gregorian University as well as a Ph.D. from Boston University.
Bishop-Elect Uglietto, 58, has served as Rector & President of Blessed John XXIII National Seminary, Weston, MA since 2005. He earned his Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) and Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) from Pontifical Lateran University, Rome. He was a retreat speaker for the Spiritual Development Office (1979 -1988) and Adjunct Spiritual Director at St. John Seminary (1985-1988) as well.
Both men were named Auxiliary Bishops by Pope Benedict XVI in June. More information on Bishops-Elect Kennedy and Uglietto can be found at the Archdiocese of Boston's website.
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