Bishop Lawrence Harold Welsh †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

Titular Bishop of Aulon

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Feb 1935		Born
26 May 1962	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
6 Nov 1978	43.7	Appointed	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
14 Dec 1978	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
17 Apr 1990	55.2	Resigned	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
5 Nov 1991	56.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
5 Nov 1991	56.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aulon
13 Jan 1999	63.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

MicroData Summary for Lawrence Harold Welsh
(WikiData: Q6504132)
Bishop Lawrence Harold Welsh (born 1 Feb 1935, died 13 Jan 1999) Bishop Emeritus of Spokane

Event Place
Birth Place Winton, WY, Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming
Ordained Priest Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Rapid City, Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota
Ordained Bishop Spokane, Diocese of Spokane, Washington
Death Place Saint Paul, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota

a priest for 36.6 years
a bishop for 20.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. †
Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen †
Archbishop of Seattle, Washington
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Harold Joseph Dimmerling †
Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota
Bishop Bernard Joseph Topel †
Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen † (1962)
Archbishop of Seattle, Washington
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Andrew Harmon Cozzens (1996)
Bishop Donald Edward DeGrood (1996)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Winton, WY, Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming
Ordained Priest	Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Rapid City, Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota
Ordained Bishop	Spokane, Diocese of Spokane, Washington
Death Place	Saint Paul, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 50, Number 3,456
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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