Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes

Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Nov 1920		Born	Lansdowne
31 May 1947	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
14 Jun 1976	55.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
14 Jun 1976	55.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Segia
21 Jul 1976	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Segia
11 Dec 1986	66.1	Appointed	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
5 Feb 1987	66.2	Installed	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
8 Jul 1997	76.7	Resigned	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Metuchen.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

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

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes (1976)
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)
Carlo Cardinal 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 Vincent DePaul Breen †

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