Bishop Joseph Mark McShea †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Feb 1907		Born
6 Dec 1931	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Feb 1952	44.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Feb 1952	44.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mina
19 Mar 1952	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mina
11 Feb 1961	53.9	Appointed	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
11 Apr 1961	54.1	Installed	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Feb 1983	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
28 Nov 1991	84.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary for Joseph Mark McShea
Bishop Joseph Mark McShea (born 22 Feb 1907, died 28 Nov 1991) Bishop Emeritus of Allentown

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Lattimer Mines
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

a priest for 59.9 years
a bishop for 39.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Eugene Joseph McGuinness †
Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bishop William David O’Brien †
Titular Bishop of Calynda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz (1972)
Bishop Ronald William Gainer (1973)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. † (1956)
Archbishop Francis James Furey † (1960)
Bishop Cletus Joseph Benjamin † (1960)
Mister Bernard Matthew Kelly † (1964)
Sergio Cardinal Guerri † (1969)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 18

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