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• Bohachevsky, Archbishop Constantine -

  Scranton (PA) Times , Tues 6 Apr 1954

  [photo] Bishop Constantine Bohachevsky, titular bishop of Amisus and Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in the US has been named titular archbishop of Beroa by Pope Pius. As head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Diocese in the US with headquarters in Philadelphia, has jurisdiction over 11 churches and 1 convent in the Scranton Roman Catholic Diocese. Native of Galicia, Western Ukraine; ordained 9 Jan 1909 in Peremysil, Galicia; named bishop 20 May 1924 & consecrated 15 Jun 1924 in Rome. [Note: www.catholic-hierarchy.org and the Catholic Almanac both have ordination as 31 Jan 1909.]

• DiLorenzo, Rt Rev Francis Xavier - born in Philadelphia in 1942, ordained in 1968, served as a priest in diocese of Philadelphia; consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton in 1988; appointed administrator of Honolulu in 1993 and bishop in 1994. [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdilorenzo.html]
• Dougherty, Rt Rev John Martin - born in Scranton in 1932; ordained in 1957, serving as a priest in the diocese of Scranton; odained as auxiliary bishop of Scranton in 1995 http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdougjm.html
• Ferrario, Rt Rev Joseph Anthony - born in Scranton in 1926; ordained as a priest in Scranton in 1951; requested release from Scranton and applied to Honolulu c1966; ordained as auxiliary bishop of Honolulu in 1978; installed as bishop in 1982; retired in 1993 http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bferrario.html
• McCarthy, Bishop Justin Joseph - born in Sayre in 1900; ordained as a priest in Rome in 1927; consecrated auxilliary bishop of Trenton in 1954; appointed Bishop of Camden in 1957; died in 1959. Diocese of Camden - www.camdendiocese.org/History%20and%20Coat%20of%20Arms.htm

  Scranton (PA) Times , Thur 1 Apr 1954

  The Archbishop of Newark has tentatively set 17 Jun for the consecration of Msgr Justin J McCarthy as Auxilliary Bishop. Post has been vacant since the appointment of Bishop James A McNulty to head the Paterson diocese last spring. Native of Sayre, moved to Elizabeth NJ as an infant. Seton Hall Preparatory School; graduated Seton Hall College in 1923; North American College in Rome. Ordained 16 Apr 1927 in Cathedral of St John Lateran, Rome. [Note: according to www.catholic-hierarchy.org , date of consecration was 11 Jun 1954]

• O'Boyle, Cardinal Patrick A
• O'Connor, Archbishop Martin J
• O'Hara, Archbishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius
• O'Hara, Bishop William - born in Dungiven, Derry, Ireland on 14 Apr 1816, grew up in Philadelphia; ordained in Rome in 1842; assigned to St Patrick's in Philadelphia for 25 years;
• Schott, Archbishop Basil Myron, OFM - Born in Freeland http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bschottb.html http://www.iarelative.com/schott.htm
• Woznicki, Rt Rev Stephen S - born in Miner's Mills on , grew up in Plains; ordained in St Paul, MN, on Dec. 22, 1917, for the Archdiocese of Detroit; http://www.saginaw.org/bishop_woznicki.htm