Thomas Joseph Murphy

Thomas Joseph Murphy ( born October 3, 1932 in Chicago, USA, † 26 June 1997) was Archbishop of Seattle.

Life

Thomas Joseph Murphy received on 12 April 1958 by the Pro- Prefect of the Congregation de Propaganda Fide, Cardinal Stritch Samuel, the sacrament of Holy Orders.

On July 5, 1978, he was named by Pope Paul VI. Bishop of Great Falls. The Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, Cornelius Michael Power, donated to him on 21 August of the same year the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Eldon Bernard Schuster, and the Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Alfred Leo Abramowicz.

On 26 May 1987, Pope John Paul II ordered the Koadjutorerzbischof of Seattle. Thomas Joseph Murphy was on 21 August 1991, succeeding Raymond Gerhardt Hunt Hausen, who resigned for reasons of age, Archbishop of Seattle.