Bishop George William Ahr †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jun 1904		Born	Newark
29 Jul 1928	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Jan 1950	45.6	Appointed	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
20 Mar 1950	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
23 Jun 1979	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
5 May 1993	88.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

a priest for 64.8 years
a bishop for 43.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bartholomew Joseph Eustace †
Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop George William Ahr † (1950)
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh † (1918)
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop James John Hogan †
Bishop John Charles Reiss
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
John Joseph Cardinal Carberry †
Bishop Martin Walter Stanton †
Bishop Walter William Curtis †
Bishop Edward Urban Kmiec

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