What is Richard Cushing?
{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|His Eminence]] | name = Richard James Cushing | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston|Archbishop emeritus of Boston]] | image = Cardinal Cushing.jpg | caption = <!--[[Mosaic]] depiction of Cardinal Cushing in the foyer of the [[Annunciation Melkite Catholic Cathedral]]--> | province = | diocese = | see = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston|Boston]] | enthroned = September 25, 1944 | ended = September 8, 1970 | predecessor = [[William Henry O'Connell]] | successor = [[Humberto Sousa Medeiros]] | ordination = May 26, 1921 | ordained_by = [[William Henry O'Connell]] | consecration = June 29, 1939 | consecrated_by = William Henry O'Connell | cardinal = December 15, 1958 |created_cardinal_by = [[Pope John XXIII|John XXIII]] | rank = Cardinal-Priest | other_post = [[Santa Susanna|Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna]] | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston|Auxiliary Bishop of Boston]] (1939-1944)}} | birth_name = Richard James Cushing | birth_date = {{birth date|1895|8|24|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1970|11|2|1895|8|24|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]] | buried = | nationality = | religion = | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | alma_mater = | signature = | motto = Ut Cognoscant Te<BR>(That they may know thee) | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Richard James Cushing.svg }} '''Richard James Cushing''' (August 24, 1895 – November 2, 1970) was an [[United States|American]] [[prelate]] of the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Chu