Daniel Cronin (bishop)

Daniel Anthony Cronin (born November 14, 1927) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

He received his episcopal consecration on September 12, 1968, from Cardinal Richard Cushing, with Bishops Jeremiah Minihan and Thomas Riley serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston.

[2] Cronin selected as his episcopal motto: "Ad Oboediendum Fidei", meaning, "For Obedience of Faith" from Romans 1:5.

[2] On December 10, 1991, Cronin was appointed the third archbishop of Hartford by Pope John Paul II.

He received the pallium, a vestment worn by metropolitan bishops, from John Paul II at St. Peter's Basilica on June 29, 1991.