Bishop Tobias Mullen †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Mar 1818		Born
1 Sep 1844	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Mar 1868	49.9	Appointed	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
2 Aug 1868	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
15 Sep 1899	81.5	Retired	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
30 Sep 1899	81.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
22 Apr 1900	82.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
Tobias Mullen
Bishop Tobias Mullen
(born 4 Mar 1818, died 22 Apr 1900)
Bishop Emeritus of Erie

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Urney, Diocese of Derry, Ireland
Ordained Priest Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop St. Paul, Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death Place Erie, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania

a priest for 55.6 years
a bishop for 31.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Michael J. O’Connor, S.J. †
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Michael (Miguel) Domenec, C.M. †
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Frederick Bryan Wood †
Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bishop Louis Amadeus Rappe †
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael (Miguel) Domenec, C.M. † (1860)
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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:
Bishop Joseph Maria Koudelka † (1875)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Francis Brennan † (1891)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Chrysostom Tuigg † (1876)
Bishop Richard Phelan † (1885)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 169150507
WikiData: Q7811653

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 262, and Page 285
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1868, Number 29
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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