He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 21 from Bishop Zaleski, with Bishops Michael Joseph Green and Paul Vincent Donovan serving as co-consecrators.

He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 1 from Bishop Spalding, with Bishops William George McCloskey and John Janssen serving as co-consecrators.

He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 20 from Archbishop Casey, with Bishops George R. Evans and Charles A. Buswell serving as co-consecrators.

He received his episcopal consecration on March 1, 2001, from Bernard Cardinal Law, with Bishops William Francis Murphy and John Boles serving as co-consecrators.

He received his episcopal consecration on March 24, 1844 from Bishop Fenwick, with Bishops Richard Vincent Whelan and William Tyler serving as co-consecrators, at Georgetown.

He received his episcopal consecration on January 7, 1971 from Bishop Kellenberg, with Bishops Vincent John Baldwin and Charles Richard Mulrooney serving as co-consecrators.

He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 24 from Archbishop John Murray, with Bishops William O. Brady and Leo Binz serving as co-consecrators.

He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 27 from Archbishop Ireland, with Bishops Grace and Martin Marty, O.S.B., serving as co-consecrators.

He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 3 from Cardinal Dearden, with Bishops Walter Joseph Schoenherr and Thomas Gumbleton serving as co-consecrators.

He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 27 from Bishop Kevin Farrell, with Bishops Charles V. Grahmann and Michael Duca serving as co-consecrators.