Bishop George Albert Hammes †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Sep 1911		Born	St. Joseph’s Ridge
22 May 1937	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Mar 1960	48.5	Appointed	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
24 May 1960	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
27 Jun 1985	73.8	Resigned	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
11 Apr 1993	81.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin, USA

a priest for 55.9 years
a bishop for 32.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Patrick Treacy †
Bishop William Patrick O’Connor †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop George Albert Hammes † (1960)
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi † (1949)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Raphael Michael Fliss

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