Bishop Henry Joseph Richter †

Deceased

Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Apr 1838		Born	Neuenkirchen, Germany
10 Jun 1865	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
30 Jan 1883	44.8	Appointed	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
22 Apr 1883	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
26 Dec 1916	78.7	Died	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

a priest for 51.5 years
a bishop for 33.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Henry Elder †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess †
Bishop William George McCloskey †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Joseph Schrembs †
Bishop Michael James Gallagher †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C. †
Archbishop Henry Moeller †
Bishop Edward Denis Kelly †
Bishop Edward Kozlowski †

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