Bishop Peter Leo Ireton †

Deceased

Bishop of Richmond, Virginia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Sep 1882		Born	Baltimore
20 Jun 1906	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3 Aug 1935	52.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
3 Aug 1935	52.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cyme
23 Oct 1935	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cyme
6 Nov 1935	53.1	Installed	Coadjutor Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
14 Apr 1945	62.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
27 Apr 1958	75.6	Died	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

a priest for 51.9 years
a bishop for 22.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Charles O'Reilly †
Archbishop James Hugh Ryan †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Vincent Stanislaus Waters †
Bishop Joseph Howard Hodges †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Lawrence Joseph Cardinal Shehan †

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