Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Leo Kennedy (born January 9, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 2010 to 2017. After retirement, Kennedy took up residence at St. Mary's Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Kenney currently serves as president of the new Catholic Institute of Technology in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.

Biography

Early life and education Arthur Kennedy was born on January 9, 1942, in Boston to Arthur and Helen (O’Rourke) Kennedy. He has four brothers (Kevin, Terrence, Christopher, and Brian) and one sister (Maurabeth). Kennedy has four nieces and four nephews. Kennedy attended Longfellow Elementary School in the Roslindale section of Boston and St. Aidan Grammar School in Brookline, Massachusetts. He then entered Boston Latin School for his secondary education, graduating in 1959.

Kennedy received his Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Saint John's Seminary College in Boston in 1963.

After his ordination, Kennedy was assigned to St. Monica Parish in Methuen, Massachusetts. He obtained a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1967. In 1969, Kennedy was posted to St. Joseph Parish in East Boston, serving there until 1974. He earned his doctorate in systematic theology/philosophy of religion in 1978 from Boston University. In 1983, Kennedy was named as an associate professor at UST and in 2001 a full professor. He was consecrated by Cardinal Seán O'Malley on September 14, 2010, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston.

Retirement and Beyond Pope Francis accepted Kennedy's letter of resignation as auxiliary bishop of Boston on June 30, 2017.

In 2023, Kennedy accepted the position of university president at the Catholic Institute of Technology, an American STEM school based in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. That same year, Kennedy received the priest-scholar award from the Catholic Studies Department of UST.