John Aloysius Marshall

John Aloysius Marshall (April 24, 1928 – July 3, 1994) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Burlington, Vermont (1972–1992) and Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts (1992–1994).

Biography

John Marshall was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to John A. and Katherine T. (née Redican) Marshall.^[1] After attending St. John's High School and Holy Cross College, he studied at the Collège de Montréal in Quebec and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.^[1] While in Rome, Marshall was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Martin John O'Connor on December 19, 1953.^[2] After a period of pastoral work, he completed his graduate studies at Assumption College in his native Worcester (1961–1968) and at the Pontifical North American College in Rome (1969–1971).^[1]

On December 14, 1971, Marshall was appointed the seventh Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, by Pope Paul VI.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on January 25, 1972, from Bishop Robert Francis Joyce, with Bishop Bernard Joseph Flanagan and James Aloysius Hickey serving as co-consecrators.^[2] His tenure in Burlington was marked by a decline in both vocations and church attendance, but still founded Our Lady of the Mountains Parish at Sherburne in 1979.^[3] He completed the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in 1977, after an arsonist had destroyed the original cathedral in 1972.^[4] From 1984 to 1990, he headed an apostolic visitation into the doctrinal orthodoxy of American seminaries.^[5] Records show that he transferred a priest from a Montpelier parish to another in Milton after charges of sexual abuse surfaced against the priest.^[6]

Marshall was named the sixth Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, on February 18, 1992.^[2] Although he established the Diocesan Misconduct Commission in response to sexual abuse among the clergy,^[7] he accepted Rev. Edward Paquette despite the repeated allegations of child molestation against him.^[8] Marshall even said that he was "determined to take the risk of leaving [Paquette] in his present assignment" despite "the demands of...irate parents that 'something be done about this.'"^[9]

He died at age 66.

References

Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts
Ordinaries	Bishops Patrick Thomas O'Reilly Thomas Daniel Beaven Thomas Michael O'Leary Christopher Joseph Weldon Joseph Francis Maguire John Aloysius Marshall Thomas Ludger Dupré Timothy Anthony McDonnell Mitchell Thomas Rozanski
Churches	Cathedral St. Michael's Cathedral St. Stanislaus Parish, Adams Basilica Basilica of St. Stanislaus
Education	High Schools Cathedral High School Holyoke Catholic High School St. Joseph Central High School Saint Mary High School
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Diocese of Burlington
Bishops	Louis de Goesbriand John Stephen Michaud Joseph John Rice Matthew Francis Brady Edward Francis Ryan Robert Francis Joyce John Aloysius Marshall Kenneth Anthony Angell Salvatore Ronald Matano Christopher J. Coyne
Churches	Cathedrals Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph Parishes St. Monica's Church, Barre Conversion of St. Paul Church, Barton St. Augustine Church, Montpelier St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Newport St. Peter's Church, Rutland St. Thomas Church, Underhill Saint Francis Xavier Church, Winooski Former parishes St. George's Church, Bakersfield
Education	Higher Education College of St. Joseph Saint Michael's College Former college Trinity College High Schools Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Rutland Rice Memorial High School, South Burlington
Priests	Bernard Joseph Flanagan Louis Edward Gelineau
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