Bishop James Joseph Gerrard †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts

Titular Bishop of Forma

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jun 1897		Born	New Bedford
26 May 1923	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
2 Feb 1959	61.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
2 Feb 1959	61.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Forma
19 Mar 1959	61.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Forma
12 Jan 1976	78.6	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
3 Jun 1991	94.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 68.0 years
a bishop for 32.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Louis Connolly †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Russell Joseph McVinney †
Bishop Jeremiah Francis Minihan †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Joseph Gerrard † (1959)
Bishop James Louis Connolly † (1945)
Archbishop John Gregory Murray † (1920)
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 Galleffi † (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 Co-Consecrator of:
Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros †

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1959, Number 19

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