Bishop Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey

Titular Bishop of Valliposita

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Sep 1923		Born	Lafayette
7 Oct 1950	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
3 May 1976	52.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
3 May 1976	52.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Valliposita
25 Jun 1976	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Valliposita
30 Jun 1995	71.8	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
1 Sep 1997	73.9	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

a priest for 46.9 years
a bishop for 21.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland †
Bishop Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. † (1976)
Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety (1966)
Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Brien † (1940)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony Michael Pilla
Bishop James Anthony Griffin
Archbishop James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. †

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