Msgr. Richard J. Haberlin Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SC073-HABE

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes two scrapbooks from Rev. Haberlin’s trips to the Holy Land. One of these scrapbooks contains assorted dried flowers and the other contains photographs of his travels with Cardinal O’Connell in 1924. Additionally, there is a journal typed by Rev. Haberlin from his 1938 trip to Europe which included stops in Rome, Palestine, Milan, France and Ireland. The collection also holds an inventory of the Haberlin Estate, personal items of Rev. Haberlin and photographs of Rev. Haberlin and other Church leaders. There is also one oversized box which contains three folders. One of these folders contains diplomas and certificates and the other two folders contain various photographs, mounted and unmounted, of important events or people in Rev. Haberlin’s life.

Dates

Creation: 1922-1959

Creator

Haberlin, Richard J. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions

Biographical Note

Rev. Richard J. Haberlin graduated magna cum laude from Holy Cross in 1906. Afterwards, he studied at the North American College in Rome and was ordained in 1911. From 1927 until his death in 1959, he served as the pastor of Saint Peter’s Church in Dorchester, MA. He served as both the secretary and chancellor of the Archdiocese of Boston as well as the city’s Vicar General. Pope Pius XI appointed Rev. Haberlin as a Domestic Prelate. In 1944, Pope Pius XII elevated him to the position of Protonotary Apostolic.