Archbishop George Joseph Biskup †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Aug 1911		Born	Cedar Rapids, IA
19 Mar 1937	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
9 Mar 1957	45.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
9 Mar 1957	45.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hemeria
24 Apr 1957	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hemeria
30 Jan 1965	53.4	Appointed	Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA
20 Jul 1967	55.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
20 Jul 1967	55.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tamalluma
3 Jan 1970	58.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
20 Mar 1979	67.6	Resigned	Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
17 Oct 1979	68.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

a priest for 42.6 years
a bishop for 22.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Leo Binz †
Bishop Loras Thomas Lane †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop George Joseph Biskup † (1957)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 Joseph Robert Crowley †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Raymond Shea †

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