Archbishop John Lawrence May †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1922		Born	Evanston, IL
3 May 1947	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 Jun 1967	45.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 Jun 1967	45.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tagarbala
24 Aug 1967	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tagarbala
29 Sep 1969	47.5	Appointed	Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
24 Jan 1980	57.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
9 Dec 1992	70.7	Resigned	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
24 Mar 1994	72.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

a priest for 46.9 years
a bishop for 26.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Patrick Cardinal Cody †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Cletus Francis O'Donnell †
Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Lawrence May † (1967)
John Patrick Cardinal Cody † (1947)
Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter † (1933)
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Cardinal Falconio, O.F.M. † (1892)
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:
Archbishop Oscar Hugh Lipscomb
Bishop Edward Joseph O'Donnell
Bishop James Terry Steib, S.V.D.
Bishop John Joseph Leibrecht
Bishop Paul Albert Zipfel
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Joseph Sullivan †
Bishop William Benedict Friend
Bishop Luis Morgan Casey

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