Edward Peter Cullen
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Edward Peter Cullen |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Allentown | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Philadelphia |
| Diocese | Allentown |
| Appointed | December 16, 1997 |
| Installed | February 9, 1998 |
| Term ended | May 27, 2009 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Jerome Welsh |
| Successor | John Barres |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 19, 1962 |
| Consecration | April 14, 1994 by Anthony Bevilacqua, John Patrick Foley, and Francis B. Schulte |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 15, 1933 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Previous post |
Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare |
| Motto | Christ, Church, Compassion |
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Styles of Edward Peter Cullen |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Edward Peter Cullen (born March 15, 1933) is a retired American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania from 1998 to 2009.
The second of five children in an Irish Catholic family, Edward Cullen was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Edward Peter and Julia Catherine (née Leahy) Cullen. He was raised in Yeadon, along with his older sister, Joan, and three younger brothers, Joseph, James, and John. Cullen attended West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Boys, where he played football, participated in track and field athletics, was involved in the school newspaper, and worked as a cashier at an Acme supermarket.
Following his graduation from West Catholic, he studied engineering at the Drexel Institute of Technology. In 1953, he entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook, from where he obtained Bachelor of Arts degree in 1958.
On May 19, 1962, Cullen was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop John Krol in the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. He then served as an assistant pastor at St. Maria Goretti Church in Hatfield and at St. Bartholomew Church in Philadelphia.
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