Bishop Joseph John Ruocco †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts

Titular Bishop of Polinianum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1922		Born	Boston
6 May 1948	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
28 Dec 1974	52.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
28 Dec 1974	52.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Polinianum
11 Feb 1975	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Polinianum
26 Jul 1980	58.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

a priest for 32.2 years
a bishop for 5.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Joseph Riley †
Bishop Lawrence Joseph Riley †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph John Ruocco † (1975)
Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros † (1966)
Bishop James Louis Connolly † (1945)
Archbishop John Gregory Murray † (1920)
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

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