Bishop Nicholas Aloysius Gallagher †

Deceased

Bishop of Galveston, Texas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Feb 1846		Born	Temperanceville, OH
25 Dec 1868	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Columbus, Ohio, USA
8 Oct 1878	32.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Columbus, Ohio, USA
10 Jan 1882	35.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston, Texas, USA
10 Jan 1882	35.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Canopus
30 Apr 1882	36.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Canopus
16 Dec 1892	46.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Galveston, Texas, USA
21 Jan 1918	71.9	Died	Bishop of Galveston, Texas, USA

a priest for 49.1 years
a bishop for 35.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Edward Fitzgerald †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Claude Neraz †
Bishop Dominic Manucy †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Nicholas Aloysius Gallagher † (1882)
Bishop Edward Fitzgerald † (1867)
Archbishop John Baptist Purcell † (1833)
Archbishop James Whitfield † (1828)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony Durier †
Bishop John Anthony Forest †
Bishop John Baptist Morris †
Bishop Joseph Patrick Lynch †

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