Bishop Thomas Joseph Grady †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA

Motto: In Christ

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Oct 1914		Born
23 Apr 1938	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
21 Jun 1967	52.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
21 Jun 1967	52.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vamalla
24 Aug 1967	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vamalla
11 Nov 1974	60.0	Appointed	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
16 Dec 1974	60.1	Installed	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
12 Dec 1989	75.1	Resigned	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
21 Apr 2002	87.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA

MicroData Summary
Thomas Joseph Grady
Bishop Thomas Joseph Grady
(born 9 Oct 1914, died 21 Apr 2002)
Bishop Emeritus of Orlando

Event Place
Birth Place Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Bishop Holy Name, Cathedral, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place Altamonte Springs, Diocese of Orlando, Florida

a priest for 63.9 years
a bishop for 34.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
George William Cardinal Mundelein †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
John Patrick Cardinal Cody †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell †
Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin
Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo †
Titular Bishop of Stadia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Patrick Cardinal Cody † (1947)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Joseph Elmer Ritter † (1933)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana
Archbishop Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1892)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
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 Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F. (1968)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1517689
WikiData: Q15437054

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 73, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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