Bishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jul 1908		Born	San Francisco
10 Jun 1933	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA
24 Aug 1950	42.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
24 Aug 1950	42.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bulla
21 Sep 1950	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bulla
12 Nov 1969	61.3	Appointed	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
4 Sep 1979	71.1	Resigned	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
20 Nov 1981	73.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA

a priest for 48.4 years
a bishop for 31.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Joseph Sweeney †
Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle † (1950)
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty † (1926)
Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes † (1914)
John Murphy Cardinal Farley † (1895)
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
John Cardinal McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop John Dubois, P.S.S. † (1826)
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Cardinal Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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 Harry Anselm Clinch †
Bishop Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. †
Bishop Leo Thomas Maher †
Bishop Norman Francis McFarland

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