Bishop Thomas Jerome Welsh †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Dec 1921		Born	Weatherly
30 May 1946	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
18 Feb 1970	48.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
18 Feb 1970	48.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig
2 Apr 1970	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig
4 Jun 1974	52.5	Appointed	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
13 Aug 1974	52.6	Installed	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
3 Feb 1983	61.1	Appointed	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
21 Mar 1983	61.3	Installed	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
15 Dec 1997	76.0	Resigned	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
19 Feb 2009	87.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 62.7 years
a bishop for 38.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Joseph Cardinal Krol †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gerald Vincent McDevitt †
Bishop John Joseph Graham †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas Jerome Welsh † (1970)
John Joseph Cardinal Krol † (1953)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Richard Keating †
John Patrick Cardinal Foley

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