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Bishop Joseph Alphonse McNicholas †

Deceased

Bishop of Springfield in Illinois

Events

a priest for 33.9 years a bishop for 14.1 years

Principal Consecrator: John Joseph Cardinal Carberry † Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Leo Christopher Byrne † Bishop Charles Herman Helmsing †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Joseph Alphonse McNicholas † (1969) John Joseph Cardinal Carberry † (1956) Bishop Raymond Augustine Kearney † (1935) Archbishop Thomas Edmund Molloy † (1920) Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell † (1892) Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873) John Cardinal McCloskey † (1844) Archbishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838) Bishop John Dubois, P.S.S. † (1826) Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817) Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Cardinal Lefebvre de Cheverus † (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 †

Ordained Priest: Bishop Kevin William Vann Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop John Nicholas Wurm † Bishop Victor Herman Balke

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