Bishop Francis Ridgley Cotton †

Deceased

Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Sep 1895		Born	Bardstown
17 Jun 1920	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
16 Dec 1937	42.2	Appointed	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
24 Feb 1938	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
25 Sep 1960	65.0	Died	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

a priest for 40.3 years
a bishop for 22.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Alexander Floersh †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Theodore Mary Reverman †
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Ridgley Cotton † (1938)
Archbishop John Alexander Floersh † (1923)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John George Bennett †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1938, Number 13

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