Bishop Joseph Peter Michael Denning †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

Titular Bishop of Mallus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jan 1907		Born
21 May 1932	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA
24 Feb 1959	52.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
24 Feb 1959	52.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mallus
22 Apr 1959	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mallus
13 Apr 1982	75.2	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
12 Feb 1990	83.1	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

MicroData Summary
Joseph Peter Michael Denning
Bishop Joseph Peter Michael Denning
(born 4 Jan 1907, died 12 Feb 1990)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Flushing, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York
Ordained Priest Brooklyn, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Church, Brooklyn, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York
Death Place Elmhurst, NY, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York

a priest for 57.7 years
a bishop for 30.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Thomas Edmund Molloy †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Henry Ambrose Griffiths †
Titular Bishop of Gaza
Bishop John Joseph Carberry †
Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart † (1943)
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2736675

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 35
c1: CB, 12 May 2022

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