Bishop Michael Joseph Murphy †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jul 1915		Born	Cleveland
28 Feb 1942	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
20 Apr 1976	60.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
20 Apr 1976	60.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Arindela
11 Jun 1976	60.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Arindela
20 Nov 1978	63.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
16 Jul 1982	67.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
2 Jun 1990	74.9	Retired	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Apr 2007	91.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 65.1 years
a bishop for 30.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin †
Bishop Clarence George Issenmann †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael Joseph Murphy † (1976)
James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey † (1967)
John Francis Cardinal Dearden † (1948)
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 †

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