Bishop Edward Peter Cullen †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Mar 1933		Born
23 Sep 1961	28.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
19 May 1962	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Feb 1994	60.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Feb 1994	60.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare
14 Apr 1994	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare
16 Dec 1997	64.7	Appointed	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
9 Feb 1998	64.9	Installed	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
27 May 2009	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
9 May 2023	90.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary for Edward Peter Cullen
(VIAF: 56473970; WikiData: Q304455)
Bishop Edward Peter Cullen (born 15 Mar 1933, died 9 May 2023) Bishop Emeritus of Allentown

Ad Limina - September 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place Lehigh Valley Hospital Center - Cedar Crest, Allentown, Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania

a priest for 60.9 years
a bishop for 29.0 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Francis James Furey †
Titular Bishop of Temnus
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Joseph Krol †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Anthony Joseph Cardinal Bevilacqua †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Patrick Foley †
Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari
Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte †
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Anthony Joseph Cardinal Bevilacqua † (1980)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bishop Francis John Mugavero † (1968)
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Patrick Maginnis † (1996)
Bishop Joseph Francis Martino (1996)
Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz (1999)
Bishop Michael Francis Burbidge (2002)
Bishop Ronald William Gainer (2003)
Bishop Alfred Andrew Schlert (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest	Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop	Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place	Lehigh Valley Hospital Center - Cedar Crest, Allentown, Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 27 May 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 138, Number 12,314
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 209, Deceased Cardinals (back)
op.loc: CB, 10 May 2022
d: CB, 9 May 2023

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