Bishop Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Aug 1914		Born	Detroit
30 May 1942	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA
18 Oct 1965	51.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
18 Oct 1965	51.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tepelta
20 Dec 1965	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tepelta
15 Oct 1969	55.2	Appointed	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
2 Dec 1969	55.3	Installed	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
24 Jun 1989	74.9	Retired	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
12 Mar 2005	90.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

a priest for 62.8 years
a bishop for 39.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Francis Cardinal Dearden †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Anthony Donovan †
Bishop Gerald Vincent McDevitt †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck † (1965)
John Francis Cardinal Dearden † (1948)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Walter Joseph Schoenherr †
Bishop Thomas John Gumbleton
Bishop Robert John Rose

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