Joseph William Cardinal Tobin, C.Ss.R.

Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale

Superior of Turks and Caicos

Member of the Council for the Economy

Motto: Gaudete In Domino

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 May 1952		Born
5 Aug 1973	21.2	Temporary Vows	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
21 Aug 1976	24.2	Perpetual Vows	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
30 Apr 1978	25.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
1 Jun 1978	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
9 Sep 1997	45.3	Elected	Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
4 Nov 2009	57.5	Ceased	Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
2 Aug 2010	58.2	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
2 Aug 2010	58.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Obba
9 Oct 2010	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Obba
18 Oct 2012	60.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
3 Dec 2012	60.5	Installed	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
7 Nov 2016	64.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
7 Nov 2016	64.5	Appointed	Superior of Turks and Caicos, Antilles
19 Nov 2016	64.5	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 2016	64.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale
6 Jan 2017	64.6	Installed	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
29 Jan 2017	64.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale
6 Aug 2020	68.2	Appointed	Member of the Council for the Economy

MicroData Summary
Joseph William Tobin
Joseph William Cardinal Tobin C.Ss.R.
(born 3 May 1952)
Archbishop of Newark

Consistory - 2016: Created Cardinal
Ad Limina - November 2019: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Detroit, MI, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Deacon Poughkeepsie, NY
Ordained Priest Holy Redeemer College, Chapel, Waterford, WI, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Newark.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop William Edward Cousins †
Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Principal Consecrator:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Franc Cardinal Rodé, C.M.
Cardinal-Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
Agostino Cardinal Vallini
Cardinal-Priest of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Gregory James Studerus (2020)
Bishop Elias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B. (2020)
Bishop Michael Arsenio Saporito (2020)
Bishop Kevin James Sweeney (2020)
Archbishop Alfonso Vincenzo Amarante, C.Ss.R. (2023)
Bishop Pedro Bismarck Chau (2025)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R. (2012)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Detroit, MI, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Deacon	Poughkeepsie, NY
Ordained Priest	Holy Redeemer College, Chapel, Waterford, WI, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 297864098
WikiData: Q723824

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 2 Aug 2010
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Number 16,854
ab: Bollettino, 18 Oct 2012
card: Bollettino, 9 Oct 2016
ab: Bollettino, 7 Nov 2016
i: CB, 7 Nov 2016
i: Bollettino, 24 Jan 2017
ab: Bollettino, 6 Aug 2020
od/c1: CB, 21 May 2022

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