Bishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia

Titular Bishop of Scilium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Oct 1847		Born	Petersburg, VA
31 Dec 1873	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
2 Apr 1900	52.5	Appointed	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
3 Jun 1900	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
18 Mar 1922	74.4	Retired	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
18 Mar 1922	74.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Scilium
17 Jun 1925	77.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA

a priest for 51.5 years
a bishop for 25.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
James Cardinal Gibbons †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henry Pinckney Northrop †
Bishop John James Joseph Monaghan †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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:
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William John Kenny †
Bishop Laureano Vérez de Acevedo, S.J. †
Bishop Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan †

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