Walter James Edyvean

American Catholic bishop (1938–2019)

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Walter James Edyvean
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston Titular Bishop of Aeliae
Archdiocese	Boston
Appointed	June 29, 2001
Installed	September 14, 2001
Term ended	June 29, 2014
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Aeliae
Orders
Ordination	December 16, 1964 by Francis Frederick Reh
Consecration	September 14, 2001 by Bernard Francis Law, Lawrence Joseph Riley, and William Murphy
Personal details
Born	(1938-10-18)October 18, 1938 Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	February 2, 2019(2019-02-02) (aged 80)

Styles of Walter James Edyvean

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

Walter James Edyvean (October 18, 1938 – February 2, 2019) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston who served from 2001 to 2014.

Early life and career

Bishop Edyvean was born in Medford, Massachusetts, on October 18, 1938, and was the only child of Walter and Frances Edyvean. He attended local public schools and graduated from high school in 1956.^[1] Edyvean attended Boston College, obtaining a bachelor's degree in English literature in 1960.^[2] He studied at St. John's Seminary before furthering his studies in Rome at the Pontifical North American College and Pontifical Gregorian University, there earning a baccalaureate (1963) and licentiate in theology (1965). While in Rome, Edyvean was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Francis Reh on December 16, 1964.^[3]

He was an assistant pastor at St. Joseph Church in Ipswich, Massachusetts from 1965 to 1968, and earned a doctorate in theology after further studies in Rome from 1968 to 1971.^[2] He was a faculty member of St. John's Seminary from 1971.^[2] Edyvean initially taught dogmatic theology before moving into the field of sacramental theology as an ordinary professor.^[1]

In 1990 he returned to Rome and was named capo ufficio of the Congregation for Catholic Education in the Roman Curia.^[2] Edyvean's role was to deal with Catholic colleges and universities across the world.^[1]

Bishop

On June 29, 2001, Edyvean was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Boston and Titular Bishop of Aeliae by Pope John Paul II.^[3] He was appointed at the same time as one of his former students, Richard G. Lennon.^[1] Edyvean received his episcopal consecration on the following September 14 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston from Bernard Cardinal Law, with Bishops Lawrence Riley and William Murphy serving as co-consecrators.^[3] As an auxiliary bishop, he served as Regional Bishop of the West Pastoral Region and vicar general of the Archdiocese.^[1]

Thirteen years to the day after his appointment (June 29, 2014), Pope Francis accepted his retirement as Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Boston. He died on February 2, 2019.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Bishop Edyvean, former auxiliary bishop of Boston, dies". The Boston Pilot. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Two Auxiliaries Named for Archdiocese of Boston". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. June 28, 2001.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bishop Walter James Edyvean". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston 2014–2019	Succeeded by –
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston 2001–2014	Succeeded by –

Roman Catholic 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: Cristiano Borro Barbosa; Robert Francis Hennessey; Mark William O'Connell; Robert Philip Reed; Peter J. Uglietto

Emeriti bishops: John Anthony Dooher; Arthur L. Kennedy

Deceased: Joseph Gaudentius Anderson; Thomas Francis Markham; Emilio S. Allué; Francis Xavier Irwin; Walter James Edyvean

Churches

List: List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Cross

Basilicas and shrines: Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston; St. Anthony Shrine, Boston; St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine, Boston; Our Lady of Good Voyage, the Seaport Shrine

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; Merrimack College; Regis College; St. John's Seminary

Closed: Marian Court College

High schools: Academy of Notre Dame, Tyngsboro; Arlington Catholic High School, Arlington; Austin Preparatory School, Reading; Bishop Fenwick High School, Peabody; Boston College High School, Dorchester; Cathedral High School, Boston; Catholic Memorial School, West Roxbury; Central Catholic High School, Lawrence; Cristo Rey Boston High School, Dorchester; Fontbonne Academy, Milton; Lowell Catholic High School, Lowell; Malden Catholic High School, Malden; Newton Country Day School, Newton; Notre Dame Academy, Hingham; Notre Dame High School, Lawrence; 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

Closed: Cambridge Matignon School, Cambridge; Don Bosco Technical High School, Boston; Elizabeth Seton Academy, Boston; Hudson Catholic High School, Hudson; Marian High School, Framingham; Mount Alvernia High School, Newton; Nazareth Academy, Wakefield; Pope John XXIII High School, Everett; Presentation of Mary Academy, Methuen; Sacred Heart High School, Kingston; Saint Clement High School, Medford; Saint Joseph Preparatory High School, Boston; St. Dominic Savio Preparatory High School, Boston; Trinity Catholic High School, Newton