Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia

Titular Bishop of Areopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Feb 1876		Born	Dingle, Ireland
21 Jun 1907	31.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
27 Jun 1922	46.3	Appointed	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
18 Oct 1922	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
23 Sep 1935	59.6	Resigned	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
23 Sep 1935	59.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Areopolis
7 Aug 1959	83.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA

a priest for 52.1 years
a bishop for 36.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Denis Joseph O’Connell †
Bishop Patrick Joseph Barry †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. † (1922)
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 Emmet Michael Walsh †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William Joseph Hafey †
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Toolen †
Bishop Gerald Shaughnessy, S.M. †

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