Thomas Jerome Welsh
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The Most Reverend Thomas Jerome Welsh |
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| Bishop emeritus of Allentown | |
| See | Allentown |
| Installed | March 21, 1983 |
| Term ended | December 15, 1997 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Mark McShea |
| Successor | Edward Peter Cullen |
| Other posts |
Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (1970–74) Bishop of Arlington (1974–83) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 30, 1946 |
| Consecration | April 2, 1970 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 20, 1921 Weatherly, Pennsylvania |
| Died | February 19, 2009 (aged 87) Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Thomas Jerome Welsh (December 20, 1921 – February 19, 2009) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Arlington, Virginia (1974–83) and as Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania (1983–97).
Thomas Welsh was born in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, one of five children of Edward C. and Mary A. (née Doheny) Welsh. Raised in a strict Irish Catholic family, he received his early education at the parochial school of St. Nicholas Church in Weatherly. He then attended Schwab High School, also in Weatherly, and later began his studies for the priesthood at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook in 1937.
On May 30, 1946, Welsh was ordained a priest by Cardinal Dennis Dougherty at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul. He was then sent to continue his studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he earned a doctorate in canon law in 1949. During his summers at the Catholic University, he served as a curate at St. Paul Church in Philadelphia, Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Philadelphia, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Doylestown.
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