Archbishop Mathias Clement Lenihan †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Montana

Titular Archbishop of Preslavus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Oct 1854		Born	Dubuque
20 Dec 1879	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
26 Aug 1904	49.9	Appointed	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA
21 Sep 1904	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA
9 Nov 1904	50.1	Installed	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA
18 Jan 1930	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA
14 Feb 1930	75.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus
19 Aug 1943	88.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Montana, USA

a priest for 63.7 years
a bishop for 38.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Keane †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James John Keane †
Bishop Joseph Bernard Cotter †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mathias Clement Lenihan † (1904)
Archbishop John Joseph Keane † (1878)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James J. Davis †
Bishop Daniel Mary Gorman †
Bishop Joseph Francis McGrath †
Bishop Edward Joseph Kelly †
Bishop Robert John Armstrong †

Home | Search | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Statistics
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2008
code: v2.5.0, 1 Jan 08; data: 17 Jan 08