Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Aug 1885		Born	Toledo
4 Jun 1910	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Toledo, Ohio, USA
17 Apr 1931	45.7	Appointed	Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, USA
17 Jun 1931	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, USA
14 Jun 1950	64.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
19 Jul 1969	83.9	Retired	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
19 Jul 1969	83.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Minora
31 Dec 1970	85.4	Resigned	Titular Archbishop of Minora
23 Aug 1977	92.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

a priest for 67.2 years
a bishop for 46.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Augustus John Schwertner †
Bishop Joseph Henry Albers †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter † (1931)
Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † (1918)
Tommaso Pio Cardinal Boggiani, O.P. † (1908)
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 Clarence George Issenmann †
Archbishop Paul Francis Leibold †
Archbishop Edward Anthony McCarthy †

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