Bishop John Benjamin Grellinger †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Titular Bishop of Syene

Motto: Deus Robur Meus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Nov 1899		Born
14 Jul 1929	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
16 May 1949	49.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
16 May 1949	49.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Syene
14 Jul 1949	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Syene
21 Sep 1974	74.8	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
13 Apr 1984	84.4	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

MicroData Summary
John Benjamin Grellinger
Bishop John Benjamin Grellinger
(born 5 Nov 1899, died 13 Apr 1984)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay

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

Event Place
Birth Place Milwaukee, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saint John the Evangelist, Cathedral, Milwaukee, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Buried Place (Original) Saint Marys Parish, Cemetery, Bear Creekm WI, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

a priest for 54.7 years
a bishop for 34.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley †
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stanislaus Vincent Bona †
Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Bishop Albert Gregory Meyer †
Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley † (1934)
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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 Robert Fealey Morneau (1966)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
John Joseph Cardinal Carberry † (1956)
Bishop Leo Joseph Brust † (1969)
Bishop Mark Francis Schmitt † (1970)
Bishop Robert Fealey Morneau (1979)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 146159407
WikiData: Q6221517

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 54
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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