Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans †

Deceased

Bishop of Columbus, Ohio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Feb 1827		Born	Homer, OH
1845¹	17.9	Converted
5 Jun 1853	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
7 Jan 1862	34.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
7 Jan 1862	34.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia
25 Mar 1862	35.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia
3 Mar 1868	41.1	Appointed	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
21 Oct 1878	51.7	Died	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

a priest for 25.4 years
a bishop for 16.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Archbishop John Baptist Purcell †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Archbishop Martin John Spalding †
- Bishop John Henry Luers †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans † (1862)
Archbishop John Baptist Purcell † (1833)
Archbishop James Whitfield † (1828)
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:
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
- Bishop Edward Fitzgerald †
- Bishop Thomas Patrick Roger Foley †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 216, and Page 462

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