Bishop Joseph Casimir Plagens †

Deceased

Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jan 1880		Born	Detroit
5 Jul 1903	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA
22 May 1924	44.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
22 May 1924	44.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis
30 Sep 1924	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis
16 Nov 1935	55.8	Appointed	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie-Marquette, Michigan, USA
16 Dec 1940	60.9	Appointed	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
31 Mar 1943	63.2	Died	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

a priest for 39.7 years
a bishop for 18.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Michael James Gallagher †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Peter Rhode †
Archbishop Edward Francis Hoban †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Casimir Plagens † (1924)
Bishop Michael James Gallagher † (1915)
Bishop Henry Joseph Richter † (1883)
Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki †
Bishop William Francis Murphy †

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