Bishop Francis Joseph Gossman

Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Apr 1930		Born	Baltimore, MD
17 Dec 1955	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
15 Jul 1968	38.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
15 Jul 1968	38.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aguntum
11 Sep 1968	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aguntum
8 Apr 1975	45.0	Appointed	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
8 Jun 2006	76.2	Retired	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Raleigh.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Lawrence Joseph Cardinal Shehan †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Austin Murphy †
Bishop Thomas Joseph Mardaga †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Joseph Gossman (1968)
Lawrence Joseph Cardinal Shehan † (1945)
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 Raymond William Lessard
William Henry Cardinal Keeler
Bishop Peter Joseph Jugis

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