| Birth | 24 Aug 1918 | Auburn, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 12 Jan 1920 | with his parents at 735 E Street North - Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Residence | 1 Apr 1935 | 72 East 91 Street - New York, New York County, New York | | | |
| Religion | 1936 | was an agnostic | | | |
| Religion | 1939 | Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Religion | 1939 | Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Residence | 10 Apr 1940 | with his parents at 72 East 91 Street and attended school - New York City, New York County, New York | | | |
| Graduated | May 1940 | Harvard - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Religion | Abt May 1940 | joined the Catholic Church - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Military | Abt 1942 | in the Navy during World War II after attending 1 1/2 years of law school | | | |
| Illness | Aft 1942 | contracted polio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1946 | wrote a book about his conversion titled "A Testimonial to Grace" | | | |
| Religion | 1946 | joined the Society of Jesus | | | |
| Ordination | 1956 | | | | |
| Ordination | 1956 | | | | |
| Occupation | 1960 - 1974 | professor at Woodstock College a Jesuit Seminary - Woodstock, Howard County, Maryland | | | |
| Education | 1960 | Gregorian University receiving a doctorate - Rome, Ashtabula County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | 1974 - 1988 | professor at Catholic University of America - Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1974 | was an author of numerous books including the "Models of the Church" | | | |
| Occupation | 1988 - 2008 | professor at Fordham University - Bronx, Bronx County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1988 | authored "The Reshaping of Catholicism" - Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1991 - 1997 | served on the International Theological Commission | | | |
| Occupation | 21 Feb 2001 | First American theologian to be appointed a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II | | | |
| Death | 12 Dec 2008 | Bronx, Bronx County, New York | | | |
| Burial | Aft 12 Dec 2008 | in Jesuit Cemetery - Auriesville, Montgomery County, New York | | | |