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Bishop John Selby Spence †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia

Titular Bishop of Aggersel

Events

a priest for 39.3 years a bishop for 8.8 years

Ordained Priest by: Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † Titular Archbishop of Myra Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle † Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken † Archbishop of San Francisco, California

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949) Titular Archbishop of Myra Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913) Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875) Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Pope Pius IX (1827) (Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †) Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773) Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli 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: Bishop Alfred Michael Watson † (1965)