Bishop Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang]

Titular Bishop of Oreus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Mar 1877		Born	Cincinnati, OH, USA
1892	14.8	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
18 Jan 1900	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
17 Jul 1925	48.3	Appointed	Prefect of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
10 Jun 1930	53.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Oreus
10 Jun 1930	53.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
17 Sep 1930	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Oreus
25 Oct 1940	63.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China

a priest for 40.8 years
a bishop for 10.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Anthony Thomas Daeger, O.F.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. † (1930)
Archbishop Anthony Thomas Daeger, O.F.M. † (1919)
Archbishop John Baptist Pitaval † (1902)
Archbishop Peter Bourgade (Bougarde) † (1885)
Archbishop John Baptist Lamy † (1850)
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
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 Hyacinthe Gaudencio Stanchi, O.F.M. †

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