Bishop Alfred Michael Watson †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jul 1908		Born
10 May 1934	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
17 May 1965	56.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
17 May 1965	56.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nationa
29 Jun 1965	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nationa
17 Mar 1969	60.6	Appointed	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
13 May 1969	60.8	Installed	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
16 Jul 1982	74.0	Retired	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Jan 1990	81.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary for Alfred Michael Watson
(WikiData: Q4723162)
Bishop Alfred Michael Watson (born 11 Jul 1908, died 4 Jan 1990) Bishop Emeritus of Erie

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Erie, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest Erie, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop St. Peter, Cathedral, Erie, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania
Death Place Erie, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, St. Peter, Cathedral, Erie, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania

a priest for 55.6 years
a bishop for 24.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Mark Gannon †
Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Krol †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Selby Spence †
Titular Bishop of Aggersel
Bishop Joseph Francis Donnelly †
Titular Bishop of Nabala

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph 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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Erie, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest	Erie, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop	St. Peter, Cathedral, Erie, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania
Death Place	Erie, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, St. Peter, Cathedral, Erie, Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144
c1: CB, 9 Feb 2018
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 49

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