Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon

Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Sep 1926		Born	Cleveland
28 Feb 1953	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12 Apr 1976	49.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12 Apr 1976	49.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Taparura
11 Jun 1976	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Taparura
28 Jan 1992	65.4	Appointed	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
31 May 2002	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Steubenville.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin †
Bishop Clarence George Issenmann †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon (1976)
James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey † (1967)
John Francis Cardinal Dearden † (1948)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alexander James Quinn
Bishop Roger Joseph Foys
Bishop Robert Daniel Conlon

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