Background
Hughes, Alfred Clifton was born on December 2, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alfred Clifton and Ellen Cecelia (Hennessey) Hughes.
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Hughes, Alfred Clifton was born on December 2, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alfred Clifton and Ellen Cecelia (Hennessey) Hughes.
Bachelor of Arts, St. John's Seminary College, 1954; Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Gregorian U., Rome, 1958; S.T.D., Gregorian U., Rome, 1961.
Ordained priest Archdiocese of Boston, 1957. Assistant pastor St. Stephen's Parish, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1958—1959, Our Lady Help of Christians, Newton, 1961—1962. Lecturer St. John's Seminary, Brighton, 1962—1965, spiritual director, 1965—1981, rector, 1981—1986.
Ordained bishop, 1981. Auxiliary bishop Archdiocese of Boston, 1981—1993, regional bishop of Merrimack, 1986—1990, vicar for administration, 1990—1993. Bishop Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1993—2001.
Coadjutor archbishop Archdiocese of New Orleans, 2001—2002, archbishop, 2002—2009, archbishop emeritus, since 2009. Chairman committee on doctrine United States Catholic Conference Bishops, 1991—1994, committee on use of catechism, since 1995.
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Member of Catholic Theological Society America.