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Gerety, Peter Leo

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Personal name headingGerety, Peter Leo
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Birth date1912-07-19
Death date2016-09-20
Place of birthShelton (Conn.)
Place of deathTotowa (N.J.)
AffiliationCatholic Church. Archdiocese of Newark (N.J.)
Catholic Church. Diocese of Portland (Me.)
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Hartford (Conn.)
Catholic Church. Diocese of Hartford (Conn.)
Profession or occupationBishops
Priests
Found inThere are no simple answers, c1995: CIP t.p. (Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety)
Catholic-Hierarchy WWW site, viewed Sept. 21, 2016 (Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety; b. July 19, 1912, Shelton, CT; ordained priest of the Diocese of Hartford, June 29, 1939; appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Portland, Me. and Titular Bishop of Crepedula, Mar. 4, 1966; ordained, June 1, 1966; appointed Apostolic Administrator of Portland, Me., Feb. 18, 1967; succeeded as Bishop of Portland, Me., Sept. 15, 1969; appointed Archbishop of Newark, N.J., Mar. 25, 1974; installed, June 28, 1974; retired, June 3, 1986; d. Sept. 20, 2016)