William Joseph Condon

His Excellency, The Most Reverend William Joseph Condon
Bishop of Great Falls
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Great Falls
Appointed	August 5, 1939
Term ended	August 17, 1967 (1967-08-17)
Predecessor	Edwin Vincent O'Hara
Successor	Eldon Bernard Schuster
Orders
Ordination	October 14, 1917
Consecration	October 18, 1939 by  Charles Daniel White Joseph Francis McGrath Edward Kelly
Personal details
Born	(1895-04-07)April 7, 1895 Colton, Washington US
Died	August 17, 1967(1967-08-17) (aged 72)
Buried	Mount Olivet Cemetery, Great Falls, Montana, US
Parents	Patrick Condon Mary Elizabeth Kavanaugh
Education	Gonzaga University

William Joseph Condon (April 7, 1895 – August 17, 1967) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls in Montana from 1939 until his death in 1967.

Biography

Early life

William Condon was born on April 7, 1895, 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]

Priesthood

Condon was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Spokane on October 14, 1917.^[2] He then served as a curate at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Spokane, Washington.

Condon served as pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in Waterville, Washington, 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 Parish in Spokane between 1929 and 1939, he was also secretary to Bishop Charles White (1928-1932), and chancellor (1927-1939) and vicar general (1933-1939) of the diocese.^[1]

Bishop of Great Falls

On August 5, 1939, Condon was appointed the third bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls by Pope Pius XII.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on October 18, 1939, 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] Condon led the diocese for twenty-seven years, the longest-serving bishop of the diocese. Between 1962 and 1965, he attended the Second Vatican Council in Rome.

William Condon died on August 16, 1967, at age 72, and is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Great Falls.

References

1. Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
2. "Bishop William Joseph Condon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.^{[self-published source]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Edwin Vincent O'Hara	Bishop of Great Falls 1939–1967	Succeeded by Eldon Bernard Schuster