Bishop George William Ahr †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jun 1904		Born
29 Jul 1928	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Jan 1950	45.5	Appointed	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
20 Mar 1950	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
23 Jun 1979	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
5 May 1993	88.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary
George William Ahr
Bishop George William Ahr
(born 23 Jun 1904, died 5 May 1993)
Bishop Emeritus of Trenton

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

Event Place
Birth Place Newark, Diocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Mary, Cathedral, Trenton, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey
Death Place Lawrenceville
Buried Place (Original) Saint Mary's, Cemetery, Hamilton, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey

a priest for 64.7 years
a bishop for 43.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Alfonso Maria de Sanctis †
Bishop of Segni
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh †
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bartholomew Joseph Eustace †
Bishop of Camden, New Jersey
Bishop Thomas Aloysius Boland †
Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh † (1918)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop James John Hogan † (1960)
Bishop John Charles Reiss † (1967)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
John Joseph Cardinal Carberry † (1956)
Bishop Martin Walter Stanton † (1957)
Bishop Walter William Curtis † (1957)
Bishop Edward Urban Kmiec † (1982)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 181859216
WikiData: Q2040074

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 11
c1: CB, 15 May 2022

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