Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 May 1885		Born
5 Jun 1909	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
23 Jun 1924	39.1	Appointed	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
15 Oct 1924	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
2 Dec 1967	82.5	Retired	Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA
2 Dec 1967	82.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vageata
5 Jan 1971	85.6	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Vageata
20 Dec 1976	91.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA

MicroData Summary
Richard Oliver Gerow
Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow
(born 3 May 1885, died 20 Dec 1976)
Bishop Emeritus of Natchez-Jackson

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Mobile, Diocese of Mobile, Alabama
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Mobile, Diocese of Mobile, Alabama
Death Place Jackson, Diocese of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Buried Place (Original) Saint Peter the Apostle, Cathedral, Jackson, Diocese of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi

a priest for 67.5 years
a bishop for 52.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Pietro Cardinal Respighi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Edward Patrick Allen †
Bishop of Mobile, Alabama
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jules Benjamin Jeanmard †
Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana
Bishop James Aloysius Griffin †
Bishop of Springfield in Illinois

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edward Patrick Allen † (1897)
Bishop of Mobile, Alabama
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Leo Fabian Fahey † (1926)
Bishop Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. † (1944)
Bishop Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. † (1950)
Bishop Leonard James Olivier, S.V.D. † (1951)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Leo Fabian Fahey † (1948)
Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini † (1957)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Toolen † (1927)
Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco † (1946)
Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D. † (1953)
Bishop Joseph Aloysius Durick † (1955)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 53704360
WikiData: Q7328165

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1924, Number 63
c1: CB, 14 May 2022

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