Deceased: 2007-04-03
Diocese: ERIE
Seminary Graduation Year: 1942
Born: July 1, 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio
Studies in Rome interrupted by World War II in 1940
Ordained a priest: February 28, 1942 for Diocese of Cleveland
Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland on June 11, 1976
Coadjutor Bishop of Erie on December 27, 1978
Seventh Bishop of Erie on July 16, 1982; retired July 15, 1990
Died: April 3, 2007; Mass of Christian Burial at St. Peter Cathedral on April 9, 2007
Burial: in family plot at St. Joseph Cemetery in Cleveland