Humberto Sousa Medeiros

His Eminence Humberto Sousa Medeiros GCIH
Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston
See	Boston
Appointed	September 8, 1970
Installed	October 7, 1970
Term ended	September 17, 1983
Predecessor	Richard Cushing
Successor	Bernard Law
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Orders
Ordination	June 15, 1946 by James Edwin Cassidy
Consecration	June 9, 1966 by James Louis Connolly
Created cardinal	March 5, 1973 by Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal-priest
Personal details
Born	(1915-10-06)October 6, 1915 Arrifes, São Miguel Island, Azores, First Portuguese Republic
Died	September 17, 1983(1983-09-17) (aged 67) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Brownsville (1966-1970)
Motto	Adveniat Regnum Tuum (Thy Kingdom Come)
Coat of arms

Styles of Humberto Sousa Medeiros
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Boston

Humberto Sousa Medeiros, GCIH (October 6, 1915 – September 17, 1983) was a Portuguese-American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Boston from 1970 until his death in 1983, and was created a cardinal in 1973. An ecclesiastical conservative, Cardinal Medeiros was considered a champion of the immigrant worker, the poor and minorities.^[1]