Archbishop John Alexander Floersh †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Oct 1886		Born	Nashville, TN
10 Jun 1911	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Feb 1923	36.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
6 Feb 1923	36.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis
8 Apr 1923	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis
26 Jul 1924	37.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
10 Dec 1937	51.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1 Mar 1967	80.4	Retired	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
11 Jun 1968	81.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

a priest for 57.0 years
a bishop for 45.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Bishop Michele Cerrati †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Galeffi † (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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Theodore Mary Reverman †
Bishop Francis Ridgley Cotton †
Bishop Charles Garrett Maloney †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis William Howard †

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