James Timlin Obituary, Funeral Details, The Eighth Bishop Of Scranton

On Easter Sunday morning, April 9, 2023, at Marywood Heights in Scranton, the Most Reverend James Timlin, D.D., eighth Bishop of Scranton, passed away. He was 95. On June 7, 1984, the Scranton native who was appointed a bishop on September 21, 1976, became the first man to be born in the Diocese of Scranton

On Easter Sunday morning, April 9, 2023, at Marywood Heights in Scranton, the Most Reverend James  Timlin, D.D., eighth Bishop of Scranton, passed away. He was 95.

On June 7, 1984, the Scranton native who was appointed a bishop on September 21, 1976, became the first man to be born in the Diocese of Scranton to lead it.

Timlin, the son of the late James C. and Helen Norton Timlin, members of Holy Rosary Parish in Scranton’s Providence neighborhood, was born on August 5, 1927, in the city’s High Works neighborhood.

Bishop Timlin attended Saint John the Evangelist Elementary School in South Scranton for his early schooling and Holy Rosary High School in North Scranton for his high school education.

Prior to enrolling in the North American College in Rome, he started his studies for the priesthood at Saint Charles College in Catonsville, Maryland, and Saint Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore.

On July 16, 1951, Scranton native and North American College’s then-rector Archbishop Martin J. O’Connor conducted Bishop Timlin’s ordination to the priesthood. When he returned to his home Diocese after his ordination, he was named assistant pastor of Saint John the Evangelist Parish, Pittston, in 1952. He completed his theological studies there after his ordination.

Bishop Timlin held the positions of consultant to the Bishop’s Committee on Migration and Episcopal Liaison to the Civil Aviation Apostolate for eleven years. Additionally, he served as a consultant to the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs as well as the Chairman of the Roman Catholic-Polish National Catholic Dialogue.

In 2002, as required by canon law, Bishop Timlin presented his resignation to the Holy See as his 75th birthday approached. On July 25, 2002, the Holy Father publicly accepted the resignation; five days later, the Diocesan Board of Consultors elected the Bishop to serve as the Diocese’s Apostolic Administrator.

He would perform administrative duties until September 30, 2003, the day before Bishop Joseph F. Martino, would take over.

On February 4, 2004, Bishop Emeritus Timlin was appointed administrator of Saint Joseph Church in Wilkes-Barre. On July 6, 2004, he took on new responsibilities as rector of Villa Saint Joseph, the diocese’s residence for retired priests.

Funeral plans for Bishop James C. Timlin are still being finalized.

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