Bishop Christopher Joseph Weldon †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Springfield, Massachusetts

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Sep 1905		Born	New York, NY
21 Sep 1929	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Jan 1950	44.4	Appointed	Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
24 Mar 1950	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
15 Oct 1977	72.1	Resigned	Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
19 Mar 1982	76.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

a priest for 52.5 years
a bishop for 32.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Richard James Cardinal Cushing †
Bishop Stephen Joseph Donahue †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Christopher Joseph Weldon † (1950)
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Thomas Ludger Dupré
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Vincent Pardy, M.M. †
Archbishop Thomas Andrew Donnellan †
Bishop George Henry Guilfoyle †
Bishop Timothy Joseph Harrington †

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