The Fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, Monsignor Joseph Francis Maguire was born in the Roxbury section of Boston in 1919. The son of a Boston police detective who spent his early life excelling in sports, he graduated from Boston College, and studied for the priesthood at St. John's Seminary, in Brighton. Ordained on June 29, 1945, at the Cathedral of Holy Cross in Boston, he served as assistant in several Boston area parishes, and as chaplain to the US Army Reserve and Massachusetts National Guard. Longtime secretary to Cardinal Richard Cushing of the Archdiocese of Boston, and to his successor, Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, Maguire was elected auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Boston by Pope Paul VI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Mactaris on February 2, 1972, from the named Cardinal Medeiros, assisted by Bishops Jeremiah Francis Minihan and Thomas Joseph Riley. Installed as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in 1976, a year later, he succeeded Msgr. Christopher J. Weldon as the Fifth Ordinary of the Diocese.
Serving through December 1991, he suffered a heart attack four months into retirement, later undergoing aortic valve replacement, as well as bypass surgery, at Baystate Medical Center, in 2005, and having knee replacement surgery, in 2004, and in 2008. Until health issues began to confine him to his residence during his last year, Maguire, continued to assist at ordinations and attend social events. He passed away died on Sunday, November 23, 2014, at 6 pm., at his residence in the Springfield Chancery on Elliot Street, aged 95.
Known for his sport activities, the Maguire Center for Health, Fitness and Athletics, at Elms College, in Chicopee, was named for the retired bishop in 1993.
Mass of Christian Burial took place at St. Michael's Cathedral on Monday, December 1, at 11 am, with Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley presiding and Bishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski, principal celebrant. Burial followed at Springfield's St. Michael's Cemetery Mausoleum, 1601 State St.
Serving through December 1991, he suffered a heart attack four months into retirement, later undergoing aortic valve replacement, as well as bypass surgery, at Baystate Medical Center, in 2005, and having knee replacement surgery, in 2004, and in 2008. Until health issues began to confine him to his residence during his last year, Maguire, continued to assist at ordinations and attend social events. He passed away died on Sunday, November 23, 2014, at 6 pm., at his residence in the Springfield Chancery on Elliot Street, aged 95.
Known for his sport activities, the Maguire Center for Health, Fitness and Athletics, at Elms College, in Chicopee, was named for the retired bishop in 1993.
Mass of Christian Burial took place at St. Michael's Cathedral on Monday, December 1, at 11 am, with Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley presiding and Bishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski, principal celebrant. Burial followed at Springfield's St. Michael's Cemetery Mausoleum, 1601 State St.
The Fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, Monsignor Joseph Francis Maguire was born in the Roxbury section of Boston in 1919. The son of a Boston police detective who spent his early life excelling in sports, he graduated from Boston College, and studied for the priesthood at St. John's Seminary, in Brighton. Ordained on June 29, 1945, at the Cathedral of Holy Cross in Boston, he served as assistant in several Boston area parishes, and as chaplain to the US Army Reserve and Massachusetts National Guard. Longtime secretary to Cardinal Richard Cushing of the Archdiocese of Boston, and to his successor, Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, Maguire was elected auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Boston by Pope Paul VI, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Mactaris on February 2, 1972, from the named Cardinal Medeiros, assisted by Bishops Jeremiah Francis Minihan and Thomas Joseph Riley. Installed as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in 1976, a year later, he succeeded Msgr. Christopher J. Weldon as the Fifth Ordinary of the Diocese.
Serving through December 1991, he suffered a heart attack four months into retirement, later undergoing aortic valve replacement, as well as bypass surgery, at Baystate Medical Center, in 2005, and having knee replacement surgery, in 2004, and in 2008. Until health issues began to confine him to his residence during his last year, Maguire, continued to assist at ordinations and attend social events. He passed away died on Sunday, November 23, 2014, at 6 pm., at his residence in the Springfield Chancery on Elliot Street, aged 95.
Known for his sport activities, the Maguire Center for Health, Fitness and Athletics, at Elms College, in Chicopee, was named for the retired bishop in 1993.
Mass of Christian Burial took place at St. Michael's Cathedral on Monday, December 1, at 11 am, with Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley presiding and Bishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski, principal celebrant. Burial followed at Springfield's St. Michael's Cemetery Mausoleum, 1601 State St.
Serving through December 1991, he suffered a heart attack four months into retirement, later undergoing aortic valve replacement, as well as bypass surgery, at Baystate Medical Center, in 2005, and having knee replacement surgery, in 2004, and in 2008. Until health issues began to confine him to his residence during his last year, Maguire, continued to assist at ordinations and attend social events. He passed away died on Sunday, November 23, 2014, at 6 pm., at his residence in the Springfield Chancery on Elliot Street, aged 95.
Known for his sport activities, the Maguire Center for Health, Fitness and Athletics, at Elms College, in Chicopee, was named for the retired bishop in 1993.
Mass of Christian Burial took place at St. Michael's Cathedral on Monday, December 1, at 11 am, with Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley presiding and Bishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski, principal celebrant. Burial followed at Springfield's St. Michael's Cemetery Mausoleum, 1601 State St.
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