Bishop John Francis Greif, M.H.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of Tororo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Sep 1897		Born	Meltina
16 Jul 1922	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
10 May 1951	53.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Tororo, Uganda
10 May 1951	53.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Belabitene
25 Jul 1951	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Belabitene
25 Mar 1953	55.5	Appointed	Bishop of Tororo, Uganda
17 Aug 1968	70.9	Died	Bishop of Tororo, Uganda

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

a priest for 46.1 years
a bishop for 17.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop David Mathew †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Reesinck, M.H.M. †
Bishop Vincent Billington, M.H.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Francis Greif, M.H.M. † (1951)
Archbishop David Mathew † (1938)
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
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:
Archbishop James Odongo
Bishop Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. †

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1951, Number 72

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