Hugh L. Lamb
Hugh Louis Lamb (October 6, 1890 – December 8, 1959) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg in Pennsylvania from 1951 until his death in 1959. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1951. Biography Early life Lamb was born on October 6, 1899, in Modena, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Coatesville High School in 1907 and then enrolled in St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. He also studied in Rome at the Pontifical North American College and Pontifical Urbaniana University, obtaining a doctorate in sacred theology in 1915. Priesthood While in Rome, Lamb was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia by Cardinal Basilio Pompili on May 29, 1915, at the Lateran Basilica. Lamb's early assignments included parishes in Philadelphia and Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and he served a professor at St. Charles Seminary through 1921. From then until 1923, he was secretary to Cardinal Dennis Dougherty and superintendent of archdiocesan schools until 1926. Lamb was named a domestic prelate of his holiness in 1927 and served as chancellor of the archdiocese until 1936. Lamb once described then-U.S.