Bishop Michael Ambrose Griffiths, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Dec 1928		Born	Twickenham
25 Sep 1951	22.8	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
21 Jul 1957	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
11 Jan 1992	63.1	Appointed	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
20 Mar 1992	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
26 Mar 2004	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
14 Jun 2011	82.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

a priest for 53.9 years
a bishop for 19.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Derek John Worlock †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hugh Lindsay †
Bishop Owen Francis Swindlehurst †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael Ambrose Griffiths, O.S.B. † (1992)
Archbishop Derek John Worlock † (1965)
John Carmel Cardinal Heenan † (1951)
William Cardinal Godfrey † (1938)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Kevin John Dunn †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Peter Mark Jabalé, O.S.B.
Bishop Séamus Cunningham

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