Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan

Titular Bishop of Phacusa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1826		Born	Addrup, Germany
8 Dec 1848	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
14 Feb 1870	43.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
14 Feb 1870	43.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Calydon
24 Apr 1870	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Calydon
30 Dec 1871	45.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
16 Apr 1887	60.7	Resigned	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
12 Aug 1888	62.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Phacusa
3 May 1890	63.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

a priest for 41.4 years
a bishop for 20.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Richard Vincent Whelan †
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Henry Luers †
Archbishop Patrick Augustine Feehan †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess † (1870)
Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans † (1862)
Archbishop John Baptist Purcell † (1833)
Archbishop James Whitfield † (1828)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Gregory Dwenger, C.Pp.S. †
Bishop Richard Gilmour †
Bishop John Vertin †
Bishop Henry Joseph Richter †
Bishop Camillus Paul Maes †

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