Hubert James Cartwright

Hubert James Cartwright
Hubert James Cartwright
Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington
In office	1956-1958
Orders
Ordination	June 11, 1927
Consecration	October 24, 1956
Personal details
Born	August 22, 1900; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	March 6, 1958 (aged 57)
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Hubert James Cartwright (August 22, 1900 – March 6, 1958) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware from 1956 to 1958.

Biography

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Cartwright grew up there and attended St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. He was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia on June 11, 1927.^[1]

In 1936, Father Cartwright became rector of the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, where he supervised a major renovation.

In 1956, he was assigned coadjutor bishop of Wilmington with the right of succeeding the incumbent bishop, Edmond John Fitzmaurice, in the event of the latter's resignation or death.^[2]

On August 3, 1956, Cartwright was appointed titular bishop of Neve (Nebo).^[1]

Death

Bishop Cartwright died on March 6, 1958, aged 57, while still coadjutor.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Lang, Mike (21 December 2016). "A second final farewell". Thedialogarchive.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ "Archbishop Edmond John Fitzmaurice [Catholic-Hierarchy]". Catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ Hubert James Cartwright profile, Catholic-hierarchy.org. Accessed February 4, 2022 ^{[self-published source]}
^ "Msgr. Cartwright Is New Coadjutor Bishop", Gettysburg Times August 22, 1956, p. 7
^ Parks, Jim. "The Diocese of Wilmington", Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2001, p. 57