Sean Patrick O’Malley (Lakewood, Ohio, 1944) è cresciuto con la famiglia in Pennsylvania. Entra in seminario a 12 anni e a 21 entra a far parte dell’Ordine dei Frati minori cappuccini assumendo il nome di Sean. Nel 1970 è ordinato sacerdote. A Washington insegna letteratura spagnola e portoghese all’università. Nel 1973 fonda il Centro Católico Hispano, organizzazione per l’assistenza umanitaria ai profughi e immigrati dell’America Latina; nel 1978 è nominato vicario foraneo per Washington dal cardinale W.W. Baum. Nel 1984 è vescovo nelle Isole Vergini Americane, nel 1992 è vescovo di Fall River (Massachusetts), nel 2003 papa Giovanni Paolo II lo nomina arcivescovo metropolita di Boston. Nel 2006 è creato cardinale da Benedetto XVI. Nel 2013 papa Francesco lo nomina membro del Consiglio dei cardinali chiamati a consigliarlo nel governo della Chiesa e a studiare un progetto di revisione della Curia romana. Dal 2014 è membro della Pontificia commissione per la tutela dei minori istituita da papa Francesco. Dal 2017 è membro della Congregazione per la dottrina della fede.
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