Portuguese Immigrants to the United States - Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Pedro Debrito, Joaquim de Almeida, Altino Domingues (Paperback)

Chapters: Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Pedro Debrito, Joaquim de Almeida, Altino Domingues. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 21. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Humberto Sousa Medeiros (October 6, 1915September 17, 1983) was a Portuguese American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Boston from 1970 until his death in 1983, and was created a cardinal in 1973. Humberto Sousa Medeiros was born in Arrifes, on the island of Sao Miguel, Azores, to Antonio Medeiros and Maria de Jesus Sousa Massa Flor. He was baptized in the parish of Nossa Senhora da Saude on November 1, 1915. His father raised vegetables and ran a small variety store until 1931, when the family emigrated to the United States and settled in Fall River, Massachusetts. The family there attended St. Michael's Church, the local Portuguese parish. Humberto swept floors in a local textile mill for $6.20 a day, studying English in his spare time. After graduating from B.M.C. Durfee High School in 1937, he entered The Catholic University of America. He obtained a Master of Philosophy degree in 1942 and a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1946. Medeiros was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop James Edwin Cassidy on June 15, 1946. He then returned to the Diocese of Fall River, where he was assigned to St. John of God Church in Somerset. In 1949, he returned to Catholic University to pursue his doctoral studies. He earned a Doctor of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1952. After returning to Fall River, he was assigned to Holy Name Church and named assistant chancellor of the diocese. He later served as vicar for religious, vice-chancellor, and finally chancellor before becoming a Monsignor in 1958. He became pastor of St. Michael's Church in 1960. On April 14, 1966, Mede...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=87746