Bishop Alfred Michael Watson †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jul 1908		Born	Erie
10 May 1934	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
17 May 1965	56.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
17 May 1965	56.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nationa
29 Jun 1965	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nationa
17 Mar 1969	60.7	Appointed	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
16 Jul 1982	74.0	Retired	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Jan 1990	81.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 55.7 years
a bishop for 24.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Joseph Cardinal Krol †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Selby Spence †
Bishop Joseph Francis Donnelly †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alfred Michael Watson † (1965)
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 †

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