Bishop Leo Thomas Maher †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jul 1915		Born	Mount Union, IA
18 Dec 1943	28.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Jan 1962	46.6	Appointed	Bishop of Santa Rosa in California, USA
5 Apr 1962	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Santa Rosa in California, USA
22 Aug 1969	54.1	Appointed	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
10 Jul 1990	75.0	Retired	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
23 Feb 1991	75.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA

a priest for 47.2 years
a bishop for 28.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe †
Bishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Leo Thomas Maher † (1962)
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi † (1949)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gilbert Espinosa Chávez
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Philip Francis Straling

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