Bishop James Ryan †

Deceased

Bishop of Alton, Illinois

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jun 1848		Born	Farnaybridge, Thurles, Ireland
24 Dec 1871	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
28 Feb 1888	39.7	Appointed	Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA
1 May 1888	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA
2 Jul 1923	75.0	Died	Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA

a priest for 51.5 years
a bishop for 35.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Lancaster Spalding †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William George McCloskey †
Bishop John Janssen †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Ryan † (1888)
Bishop John Lancaster Spalding † (1877)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward Joseph Dunne †
Bishop Peter Joseph O'Reilly †
Bishop Peter James Muldoon †

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