Bishop Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras †

Deceased

Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Aug 1792		Born	Lyons, France
12 Nov 1815	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Jul 1837	44.9	Appointed	Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
10 Dec 1837	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
19 Apr 1839	46.6	Installed	Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
19 Feb 1858	65.5	Died	Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

a priest for 42.3 years
a bishop for 20.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Michael Portier †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Anthony Blanc †
Assisted by:
Bishop John Stephen (Jean Etienne) Bazin †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras † (1837)
Bishop Michael Portier † (1826)
Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (1824)
Archbishop Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (1815)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Jean-Marie Mioland †
Bishop James Oliver Van de Velde, S.J. †

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