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Bishop John Walter Shanahan †

Deceased

Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Events

a priest for 47.1 years a bishop for 16.8 years

Ordained Priest by: Bishop Jeremiah Francis Shanahan † Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Patrick John Ryan † Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Ignatius Frederick Horstmann † Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio Bishop Edmond Francis Prendergast † Titular Bishop of Scilium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Patrick John Ryan † (1872) Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick † (1841) Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (1824) Apostolic Administrator of Saint Louis, Missouri Bishop Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (1815) Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans) Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761) Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna Bishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749) Titular Bishop of Pharsalus Archbishop Enrique Enríquez † (1743) Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop John Francis Regis Canevin † (1903) Bishop John Joseph McCort † (1912)