Past bishops

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J. Peter Sartain

Appointed archbishop of Seattle September 16, 2010.

Retired September 3, 2019.

Alexander J. Brunett

Appointed archbishop of Seattle October 28, 1997.

Retired September 16, 2010. 

Died January 31, 2020.

Thomas J. Murphy

Appointed coadjutor archbishop of Seattle May 26, 1987.

Succeeded as archbishop August 21, 1991.

Died June 26, 1997.

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Raymond G. Hunthausen

Appointed archbishop of Seattle February 25, 1975.

Retired August 21, 1991.

Died July 22, 2018.

Thomas A. Connolly

Appointed coadjutor bishop of Seattle February 28, 1948.

Succeeded as bishop of Seattle May 18, 1950.

Named first archbishop of Seattle June 23, 1951.

Retired February 25, 1975.

Died April 18, 1991.

Gerald Shaughnessy

Consecrated bishop of Seattle September 19, 1933.

Died May 18, 1950.

Bishop Edward John O'Dea, Mug
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Edward John O'Dea

Consecrated bishop of Nesqually, September 8, 1896.

See transferred from Vancouver to Seattle September 11, 1907. 

Died December 25, 1932.

Aegidius Junger

Consecrated bishop of Nesqually October 28, 1879.

Died December 26, 1895.

Augustin Magloire Alexandre Blanchet

Consecrated bishop of Walla Walla September 27, 1846. 

Transferred to Nesqually May 31, 1850.

Resigned 1879.

Died February 25, 1887.