Bishop Joseph Gray †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury, England

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Oct 1919		Born	Finternagh, Ireland
20 Jun 1943	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
19 Dec 1968	49.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
19 Dec 1968	49.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mercia
16 Feb 1969	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mercia
19 Aug 1980	60.8	Appointed	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
23 Jun 1995	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain
7 May 1999	79.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Shrewsbury, England, Great Britain

a priest for 55.9 years
a bishop for 30.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop George Andrew Beck, A.A. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop George Patrick Dwyer †
Bishop Augustine Harris †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Gray † (1969)
Archbishop George Andrew Beck, A.A. † (1948)
Bernard William Cardinal Griffin † (1938)
Archbishop Thomas Leighton Williams † (1929)
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Herbert Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning † (1865)
Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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 Patrick Leo McCartie
Bishop Kevin O’Connor †
Bishop Anthony Hitchen †
Bishop Roger Francis Crispian Hollis
Bishop Philip Pargeter
Bishop Terence John Brain

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