Archbishop James Hubert Blenk, S.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Aug 1856		Born
16 Aug 1885	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
12 Jun 1899	42.8	Appointed	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
2 Jul 1899	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)
20 Apr 1906	49.7	Appointed	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1 Jul 1906	49.9	Installed	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
20 Apr 1917	60.7	Died	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

MicroData Summary for James Hubert Blenk
(WikiData: Q1679106)
Archbishop James Hubert Blenk S.M. (born 6 Aug 1856, died 20 Apr 1917) Archbishop of New Orleans

Event Place
Birth Place Neustadt, Diocese of Speyer, Germany
Ordained Priest Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Saint Louis, King of France, Cathedral, New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Death Place New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana

a priest for 31.6 years
a bishop for 17.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Francis Mary Redwood, S.M. †
Bishop of Wellington (Port Nicholson)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle †
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gustave Augustin Rouxel †
Titular Bishop of Curium
Bishop Theophile Meerschaert †
Titular Bishop of Sidyma

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle † (1891)
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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:
Archbishop John William Shaw † (1910)
Bishop Joseph Patrick Lynch † (1911)
Bishop John Edward Gunn, S.M. † (1911)
Bishop John Marius Laval † (1911)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Neustadt, Diocese of Speyer, Germany
Ordained Priest	Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Saint Louis, King of France, Cathedral, New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Death Place	New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 464
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1899, Number 37
c1: CB, 18 May 2022

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