Bishop Francis Joseph Christian

Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire

Titular Bishop of Quincy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Oct 1942		Born	Peterborough
29 Jun 1968	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
2 Apr 1996	53.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
2 Apr 1996	53.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Quincy
14 May 1996	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Quincy

Ad Limina - November 2011: Bishop

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Manchester.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Leo Edward O’Neil †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Odore Joseph Gendron
Bishop Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Joseph Christian (1996)
Bishop Leo Edward O’Neil † (1980)
Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire (1972)
Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros † (1966)
Bishop James Louis Connolly † (1945)
Archbishop John Gregory Murray † (1920)
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 145, Number 12,720

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