Bishop James Henry Ambrose Griffiths †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York

Titular Bishop of Gaza

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jul 1903		Born	Brooklyn
12 Mar 1927	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA
15 Oct 1949	46.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA
15 Oct 1949	46.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gaza
18 Jan 1950	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gaza
Sep 1955	52.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
24 Feb 1964	60.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

a priest for 36.9 years
a bishop for 14.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Thomas Edmund Molloy †
Bishop William Richard Arnold †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Henry Ambrose Griffiths † (1950)
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
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 † (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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Johnston Navagh †
Bishop Leo Richard Smith †
Bishop Charles Richard Mulrooney †
Bishop Joseph Peter Michael Denning †
Archbishop John Joseph Maguire †
Bishop James John Hogan †
Bishop Vincent John Baldwin †

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