Bishop George Leo Leech †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Titular Bishop of Allegheny

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 May 1890		Born	Ashley
29 May 1920	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Jul 1935	45.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
6 Jul 1935	45.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mela
17 Oct 1935	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mela
19 Dec 1935	45.6	Appointed	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
29 Oct 1971	81.4	Retired	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
29 Oct 1971	81.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Allegheny
12 Mar 1985	94.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 64.8 years
a bishop for 49.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty †
Principal Consecrator:
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Charles O'Reilly †
Archbishop James Hugh Ryan †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop George Leo Leech † (1935)
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty † (1903)
Francesco Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Lawrence Frederik Schott †
Bishop Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Hugh Louis Lamb †
Archbishop Martin John O’Connor †
Bishop Henry Theophilus Klonowski †
Bishop Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. †
Bishop Joseph Thomas Daley †
Bishop John Joseph Graham †
Bishop Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R. †
Bishop Cyril John Vogel †

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