Bishop Edward Dennis Head †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Aug 1919		Born	White Plains
27 Jan 1945	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of New York, New York, USA
27 Jan 1970	50.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
27 Jan 1970	50.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha
19 Mar 1970	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Árd Sratha
23 Jan 1973	53.5	Appointed	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
19 Mar 1973	53.6	Installed	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
18 Apr 1995	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
29 Mar 2005	85.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA

a priest for 60.2 years
a bishop for 35.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman †
Principal Consecrator:
Terence James Cardinal Cooke †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Joseph Maguire †
Bishop Edwin Bernard Broderick †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edward Dennis Head † (1970)
Terence James Cardinal Cooke † (1965)
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)
Carlo Cardinal 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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Donald Walter Trautman
Bishop Edward Michael Grosz

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