Bishop Maurice Francis Burke †

Deceased

Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

Motto: Fides Spes Charitas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 May 1845		Born
22 May 1875	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 Aug 1887	42.2	Appointed	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
28 Oct 1887	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
19 Jun 1893	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
17 Mar 1923	77.8	Died	Bishop of Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

MicroData Summary
Maurice Francis Burke
Bishop Maurice Francis Burke
(born 5 May 1845, died 17 Mar 1923)
Bishop of Saint Joseph

Event Place
Birth Place Knockainy, Archdiocese of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Holy Name, Cathedral, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place Saint Joseph, Diocese of Saint Joseph, Missouri
Buried Place (Original) Mount Olivet, Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Diocese of Saint Joseph, Missouri

a priest for 47.8 years
a bishop for 35.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick Augustine Feehan †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William George McCloskey †
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Bishop Henry Cosgrove †
Bishop of Davenport, Iowa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Patrick Augustine Feehan † (1865)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick † (1841)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (1824)
Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (1815)
Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Francis Johannes † (1897)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
John Joseph Cardinal Glennon † (1896)
Bishop Alexander Joseph McGavick † (1899)
Bishop Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan † (1909)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 114645344
WikiData: Q6793123

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 199, and Page 324
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1887, Number 56
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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