Background
Welsh, Thomas Jerome was born on December 20, 1921 in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, United States.
Welsh, Thomas Jerome was born on December 20, 1921 in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, United States.
Graduate, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia. Graduate, Catholic University America.
Ordained priest Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1946. Ordained bishop, 1970. Auxiliary bishop Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1970—1974.
Bishop Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, 1974-1983, Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1983—1997, bishop emeritus, 1997—2009.