William Joseph Condon
William Joseph Condon (April 7, 1895 – August 17, 1967) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Great Falls from 1939 until his death in 1967.
Biography[]
William Condon was born in Colton, Washington, to Patrick and Mary Elizabeth (née Kavanaugh) Condon.[1] He graduated from St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California, in 1917.[1] He was ordained to the priesthood on October 14, 1917.[2] He then served as a curate at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in Spokane until 1918, when he furthered his studies at Gonzaga University.[1]
Condon earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Gonzaga in 1919, and then served as pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Waterville for four years.[1] From 1923 to 1929, he was rector of Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral.[1] While serving as pastor of St. Augustine's Church in Spokane between 1929 and 1939, he was also secretary to Bishop Charles Daniel White (1928-1932), and chancellor (1927-1939) and vicar general (1933-1939) of the Diocese of Spokane.[1]
On August 5, 1939, Condon was appointed the third Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, by Pope Pius XII.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 18 from Bishop Charles White, with Bishops Joseph Francis McGrath and Edward Kelly serving as co-consecrators.[2] He was installed in St. Ann's Cathedral on October 26, 1939.[2] He led the diocese for twenty-seven years, the longest-serving bishop of the diocese. Between 1962 and 1965, he attended the Second Vatican Council.
Condon died at age 72, and is buried at in Great Falls.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Bishop William Joseph Condon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.[self-published source]
- 1895 births
- 1967 deaths
- People from Colton, Washington
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane
- Roman Catholic bishops of Great Falls
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Participants in the Second Vatican Council
- Saint Patrick's Seminary and University alumni
- Gonzaga University alumni
- Religious leaders from Washington (state)
- Catholics from Washington (state)