Bishop William George McCloskey †

Deceased

Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Nov 1823		Born	Brooklyn, NY
6 Oct 1852	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of New York, New York, USA
1860	36.1	Appointed	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
3 Mar 1868	44.3	Appointed	Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
24 May 1868	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
17 Sep 1909	85.9	Died	Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

a priest for 56.9 years
a bishop for 41.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Karl August Cardinal von Reisach †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Salvatore Cardinal Nobili Vitelleschi †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William George McCloskey † (1868)
Karl August Cardinal von Reisach † (1836)
Pope Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1831)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (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 Thomas Patrick Roger Foley †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Augustus Maria Bernard Anthony John Gebhard Toebbe †
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan †
Bishop Petrus Pace †
Bishop John Ambrose Watterson †
Bishop Henry Joseph Richter †
Archbishop Patrick William Riordan †
Bishop Camillus Paul Maes †
Bishop Maurice Francis Burke †
Bishop Richard Scannell †
Bishop James Ryan †

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