Archbishop James Herbert Blenk, S.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jul 1856		Born	Neustadt, Germany
16 Aug 1885	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
12 Jun 1899	42.9	Appointed	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
2 Jul 1899	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
20 Apr 1906	49.7	Appointed	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1 Jul 1906	49.9	Installed	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
20 Apr 1917	60.7	Died	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

a priest for 31.7 years
a bishop for 17.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gustave Augustin Rouxel †
Bishop Theophile Meerschaert †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Herbert Blenk, S.M. † (1899)
Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle † (1891)
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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:
Archbishop John William Shaw †
Bishop Joseph Patrick Lynch †
Bishop John Edward Gunn, S.M. †
Bishop John Marie Laval †

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