Bishop George Joseph Gottwald †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri

Titular Bishop of Cedamusa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 May 1914		Born	St. Louis
9 Jun 1940	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
23 Jun 1961	47.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
23 Jun 1961	47.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cedamusa
8 Aug 1961	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cedamusa
2 Aug 1988	74.2	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
11 Mar 2002	87.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father

a priest for 61.8 years
a bishop for 40.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
John Patrick Cardinal Cody †
Archbishop Leo Christopher Byrne †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop George Joseph Gottwald † (1961)
Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter † (1933)
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Cardinal Falconio, O.F.M. † (1892)
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Edward Joseph O’Donnell †
Bishop James Terry Steib, S.V.D.

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)

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