Archbishop John Alexander Floersh †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Oct 1886		Born
10 Jun 1911	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Feb 1923	36.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
6 Feb 1923	36.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis
8 Apr 1923	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis
26 Jul 1924	37.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
10 Dec 1937	51.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
25 Feb 1967	80.3	Retired	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
25 Feb 1967	80.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana
11 Jun 1968	81.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

MicroData Summary for John Alexander Floersh
Archbishop John Alexander Floersh (born 5 Oct 1886, died 11 Jun 1968) Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Nashville, TN

a priest for 57.0 years
a bishop for 45.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano †
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
Bishop Michele Cerrati †
Titular Bishop of Lydda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
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 Theodore Henry Reverman † (1926)
Bishop Francis Ridgley Cotton † (1938)
Bishop Charles Garrett Maloney † (1955)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis William Howard † (1923)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1923, Number 14

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