Bishop Joseph Mark McShea †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Feb 1907		Born	Lattimer
6 Dec 1931	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Feb 1952	45.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Feb 1952	45.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mina
19 Mar 1952	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mina
11 Feb 1961	54.0	Appointed	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
11 Apr 1961	54.1	Installed	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Feb 1983	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
28 Nov 1991	84.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 60.0 years
a bishop for 39.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Eugene Joseph McGuinness †
Bishop William David O’Brien †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Mark McShea † (1952)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. †
Archbishop Francis James Furey †
Bishop Cletus Joseph Benjamin †
Bishop Bernard Matthew Kelly †
Sergio Cardinal Guerri †

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