Bishop James Anthony Griffin

Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jun 1934		Born	Fairview Park
28 May 1960	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
30 Jun 1979	45.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
30 Jun 1979	45.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hólar
1 Aug 1979	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hólar
8 Feb 1983	48.7	Appointed	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
25 Apr 1983	48.9	Installed	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
14 Oct 2004	70.3	Resigned	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Columbus.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
John Joseph Cardinal Krol †
Principal Consecrator:
James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Clarence George Issenmann †
Bishop Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Anthony Griffin (1979)
James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey † (1967)
John Francis Cardinal Dearden † (1948)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
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 †

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