Bishop Christopher Joseph Weldon †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Sep 1905		Born
21 Sep 1929	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of New York, New York, USA
28 Jan 1950	44.3	Appointed	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
24 Mar 1950	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
15 Oct 1977	72.1	Resigned	Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
19 Mar 1982	76.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary for Christopher Joseph Weldon
(WikiData: Q2039707)
Bishop Christopher Joseph Weldon (born 6 Sep 1905, died 19 Mar 1982) Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Massachusetts

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

Event Place
Birth Place New York, NY, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Priest New York, NY, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, Cathedral, New York, NY, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Death Place Springfield, Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts

a priest for 52.4 years
a bishop for 31.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Consecrator:
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Richard James Cushing †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Bishop Stephen Joseph Donahue †
Titular Bishop of Medea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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:
Bishop Leo Edward O’Neil † (1955)
Bishop Thomas Ludger Dupré † (1959)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Vincent Pardy, M.M. † (1958)
Archbishop Thomas Andrew Donnellan † (1964)
Bishop George Henry Guilfoyle † (1964)
Bishop Timothy Joseph Harrington † (1968)

Event	Place
Birth Place	New York, NY, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Priest	New York, NY, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Bishop	St. Patrick, Cathedral, New York, NY, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Death Place	Springfield, Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 12
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 71, Additions/Corrections (back)
c1: CB, 18 May 2022

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