Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Nov 1920		Born
31 May 1947	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
14 Jun 1976	55.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
14 Jun 1976	55.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Segia
21 Jul 1976	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Segia
11 Dec 1986	66.0	Appointed	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
5 Feb 1987	66.2	Installed	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
8 Jul 1997	76.6	Resigned	Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
25 Dec 2012	92.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary
Edward Thomas Hughes
Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes
(born 13 Nov 1920, died 25 Dec 2012)
Bishop Emeritus of Metuchen

Event Place
Birth Place Lansdowne
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

a priest for 65.5 years
a bishop for 36.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Hugh Louis Lamb †
Titular Bishop of Helos
Principal Consecrator:
John Joseph Cardinal Krol †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gerald Vincent McDevitt †
Titular Bishop of Tigias
Bishop John Joseph Graham †
Titular Bishop of Sabrata
Bishop Martin Nicholas Lohmuller †
Titular Bishop of Ramsbiria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Joseph Cardinal Krol † (1953)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Vincent DePaul Breen † (1997)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q194817

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144
d: CB, 26 Dec 2012
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 39, Number 2,431
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 37, Number 2,252

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