Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano †

Deceased

Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Nov 1911		Born
21 Dec 1935	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Buffalo, New York, USA
27 Nov 1952	41.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
27 Nov 1952	41.0	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa
11 Feb 1953	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
24 Jan 1960	48.2	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Camden, New Jersey, USA
2 Oct 1967	55.9	Died	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary
Celestine Joseph Damiano
Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano
(born 1 Nov 1911, died 2 Oct 1967)
Bishop of Camden

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 Dunkirk, NY, Diocese of Buffalo, New York
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saint Joseph, Cathedral, Buffalo, Diocese of Buffalo, New York
Death Place Camden, Diocese of Camden, New Jersey

a priest for 31.7 years
a bishop for 14.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Giuseppe Palica †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Aloysius Burke †
Bishop of Buffalo, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Francis O’Hara, C.S.C. †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bishop Leo Richard Smith †
Titular Bishop of Marida

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Aloysius Burke † (1943)
Bishop of Buffalo, New York
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Miguel Pedro Mundo † (1962)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. † (1954)
Bishop Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. † (1954)
Bishop Ernest Arthur Green † (1955)
Bishop Anton Reiterer, M.C.C.I. † (1956)
Bishop Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. † (1956)
Bishop Donal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm. † (1957)
Bishop James Louis Schad † (1966)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stanislaus Joseph Brzana † (1964)
Bishop Pius Anthony Benincasa † (1964)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 277611884
WikiData: Q5057932

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1953, Number 4
c1: CB, 13 May 2022

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