Father Richard Gribble, CSC, is professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Theology at Stonehill College.

Richard Gribble has produced a meticulous portrait of Humberto Medeiros, one of the most notable, yet most frequently overlooked U.S. Catholic leaders of the post-1945 era. Gribble carefully weighs the sources and helpfully explores the various contexts in which Medeiros' life and ministry unfolded. We meet in these pages a priest and bishop whose immigrant experience paved the way for pioneering ministry to migrants and advocacy for racial justice. We meet a church official whose controversial outspokenness on sexual morality and consequential actions when facing clerical sexual abuse help explain some of the most significant developments in recent U.S. Catholic history. We meet a person of deep faith grappling with challenges of living in an ever more complex nation and world, a man prone to introspection and self-effacement, yet repeatedly enveloped in the public spotlight.

• IntroductionPart I: Early Life and Ministry in Fall River, 1915-1966Chapter 1: The Early Years: Azores and Fall RiverChapter 2: A Priest in Fall RiverPart II: Advocate for the Poor: Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, 1966-1970Chapter 3: Brownsville 1966-1970: Building the DioceseChapter 4: Advocate for the Poor in BrownsvilleChapter 5: Working with the NCCB in BrownsvillePart III: Turbulent Years as Archbishop of Boston, 1970-1983Chapter 6: The New Adventure of BostonChapter 7: Diocesan Affairs in BostonChapter 8: Ministry and Disputes with the ClergyChapter 9: Catholic Schools in the Busing CrisisChapter 10: Vatican II in ActionChapter 11: Serving Those on the MarginsChapter 12: Issues of Church and State in BostonChapter 13: Ministry beyond BostonChapter 14: Final Years, Death and LegacyEpilogue: Humberto Medeiros: A Life of Service and FidelityBibliography

Father Richard Gribble, CSC, is professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Theology at Stonehill College.

Richard Gribble has produced a meticulous portrait of Humberto Medeiros, one of the most notable, yet most frequently overlooked U.S. Catholic leaders of the post-1945 era. Gribble carefully weighs the sources and helpfully explores the various contexts in which Medeiros' life and ministry unfolded. We meet in these pages a priest and bishop whose immigrant experience paved the way for pioneering ministry to migrants and advocacy for racial justice. We meet a church official whose controversial outspokenness on sexual morality and consequential actions when facing clerical sexual abuse help explain some of the most significant developments in recent U.S. Catholic history. We meet a person of deep faith grappling with challenges of living in an ever more complex nation and world, a man prone to introspection and self-effacement, yet repeatedly enveloped in the public spotlight.

• IntroductionPart I: Early Life and Ministry in Fall River, 1915-1966Chapter 1: The Early Years: Azores and Fall RiverChapter 2: A Priest in Fall RiverPart II: Advocate for the Poor: Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, 1966-1970Chapter 3: Brownsville 1966-1970: Building the DioceseChapter 4: Advocate for the Poor in BrownsvilleChapter 5: Working with the NCCB in BrownsvillePart III: Turbulent Years as Archbishop of Boston, 1970-1983Chapter 6: The New Adventure of BostonChapter 7: Diocesan Affairs in BostonChapter 8: Ministry and Disputes with the ClergyChapter 9: Catholic Schools in the Busing CrisisChapter 10: Vatican II in ActionChapter 11: Serving Those on the MarginsChapter 12: Issues of Church and State in BostonChapter 13: Ministry beyond BostonChapter 14: Final Years, Death and LegacyEpilogue: Humberto Medeiros: A Life of Service and FidelityBibliography

Father Richard Gribble, CSC, is professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Theology at Stonehill College.

Richard Gribble has produced a meticulous portrait of Humberto Medeiros, one of the most notable, yet most frequently overlooked U.S. Catholic leaders of the post-1945 era. Gribble carefully weighs the sources and helpfully explores the various contexts in which Medeiros' life and ministry unfolded. We meet in these pages a priest and bishop whose immigrant experience paved the way for pioneering ministry to migrants and advocacy for racial justice. We meet a church official whose controversial outspokenness on sexual morality and consequential actions when facing clerical sexual abuse help explain some of the most significant developments in recent U.S. Catholic history. We meet a person of deep faith grappling with challenges of living in an ever more complex nation and world, a man prone to introspection and self-effacement, yet repeatedly enveloped in the public spotlight.

• IntroductionPart I: Early Life and Ministry in Fall River, 1915-1966Chapter 1: The Early Years: Azores and Fall RiverChapter 2: A Priest in Fall RiverPart II: Advocate for the Poor: Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, 1966-1970Chapter 3: Brownsville 1966-1970: Building the DioceseChapter 4: Advocate for the Poor in BrownsvilleChapter 5: Working with the NCCB in BrownsvillePart III: Turbulent Years as Archbishop of Boston, 1970-1983Chapter 6: The New Adventure of BostonChapter 7: Diocesan Affairs in BostonChapter 8: Ministry and Disputes with the ClergyChapter 9: Catholic Schools in the Busing CrisisChapter 10: Vatican II in ActionChapter 11: Serving Those on the MarginsChapter 12: Issues of Church and State in BostonChapter 13: Ministry beyond BostonChapter 14: Final Years, Death and LegacyEpilogue: Humberto Medeiros: A Life of Service and FidelityBibliography