Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch

Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jun 1931		Born	Grosse Pointe Farms
16 Dec 1956	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA
8 Feb 1973	41.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
8 Feb 1973	41.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pomaria
3 Apr 1973	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pomaria
30 Jun 1979	48.0	Appointed	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
28 Aug 1979	48.2	Installed	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
16 May 2006	74.9	Retired	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
John Francis Cardinal Dearden †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Walter Joseph Schoenherr †
Bishop Thomas John Gumbleton

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch (1973)
John Francis Cardinal Dearden † (1948)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
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)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Leo Ryan
Bishop Roger Louis Kaffer
Bishop James Edward Fitzgerald †

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