Bishop James Joseph Sweeney †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii

Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jun 1898		Born	San Francisco, CA
24 Jun 1925	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA
20 May 1941	42.9	Appointed	Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
25 Jul 1941	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
6 Mar 1968	69.7	Resigned	Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
6 Mar 1968	69.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vicus Aterii
20 Jun 1968	70.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father

a priest for 43.0 years
a bishop for 26.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Eugene Joseph McGuinness †
Archbishop Thomas Arthur Connolly †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Joseph Sweeney † (1941)
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty † (1926)
Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes † (1914)
John Murphy Cardinal Farley † (1895)
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
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 Hugh Aloysius Donohoe †
Bishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle †
Bishop John Joseph Scanlan †

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114
ob/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1941, Number 44

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