Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Sep 1782		Born	Leonard Town, MD
11 Jun 1808	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
10 May 1825	42.7	Appointed	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1 Nov 1825	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3 Dec 1825	43.3	Installed	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
11 Aug 1846	63.9	Died	Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

a priest for 38.2 years
a bishop for 20.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John England †
Bishop Henry Conwell †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick, S.J. † (1825)
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Cardinal Lefebvre de Cheverus † (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 William Barber Tyler †
Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Joseph Hughes †
Bishop John Joseph Mary Benedict Chanche, P.S.S. †
Bishop Richard Vincent Whelan †
John Cardinal McCloskey †
Bishop William J. Quarter †
Bishop Andrew Byrne †

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