Bishop Joseph Howard Hodges †

Deceased

Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Oct 1911		Born	Harpers Ferry, WV
8 Dec 1935	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA
8 Aug 1952	40.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
8 Aug 1952	40.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rusadus
15 Oct 1952	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rusadus
31 May 1961	49.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
17 Aug 1961	49.9	Installed	Coadjutor Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
23 Nov 1962	51.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
27 Jan 1985	73.3	Died	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

a priest for 49.1 years
a bishop for 32.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Peter Leo Ireton †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vincent Stanislaus Waters †
John Francis Cardinal Dearden †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Howard Hodges † (1952)
Bishop Peter Leo Ireton † (1935)
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley † (1914)
Bishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley † (1900)
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (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 Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. †
Bishop Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †
Bishop James Louis Flaherty †
Bishop Walter Francis Sullivan

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