Background
Burke, Lawrence Aloysius was born on October 27, 1932.
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Lawrence Aloysius Burke
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Education
Wesleyan University.
Career
He also served previously as the 1st Archbishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau beginning in 1999. Burke was appointed Bishop of what is now the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau, Bahamas on 17 July 1981, and was consecrated 11 October 1981. In June 1999, Pope John Paul II named Bishop Burke Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nassau.
On 17 February 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed Archbishop Burke Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica.
Archbishop Burke retired on 12 April 2008. Archbishop Burke obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Boston College (1957), an Master of Arts in Philosophy from Boston College (1958), an Ph.L. (Licentiate in Philosophy) from Weston College (1958), an Master of Arts in Theology from Boston College (1965), an South.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology) from Weston College (1965), and a M.A.L.S. from Wesleyan University (1970).
He died of cancer in Kingston, aged 77.
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Nationality
Jamaica -
Religion
Catholic Church
Career
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1981 - 2004
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2004 - 2008