Archbishop William Henry Elder †

Deceased

Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Mar 1819		Born	Baltimore
29 Mar 1846	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
9 Jan 1857	37.8	Appointed	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
3 May 1857	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
23 Jul 1878	59.3	Resigned	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
23 Jul 1878	59.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Hauara
30 Jan 1880	60.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
4 Jul 1883	64.3	Succeeded	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
31 Oct 1904	85.6	Died	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

First Vatican Council: Council Father

a priest for 58.6 years
a bishop for 47.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John McGill †
Archbishop James Frederick Bryan Wood †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop John Ambrose Watterson †
Bishop Henry Joseph Richter †
Bishop Camillus Paul Maes †
Bishop Ignatius Frederick Horstmann †
Bishop Thomas Sebastian Byrne †
Bishop Denis O’Donaghue †
Archbishop Henry Moeller †
Bishop Herman Joseph Alerding †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Quinlan †
Bishop William O’Hara †
Bishop Dominic Manucy †

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 133, and Page 205
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 403

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