Archbishop Daniel James Gercke †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA

Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Oct 1874		Born
1 Jun 1901	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
21 Jun 1923	48.6	Appointed	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA
6 Nov 1923	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA
28 Sep 1960	85.9	Retired	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA
28 Sep 1960	85.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum
19 Mar 1964	89.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tucson, Arizona, USA

MicroData Summary
Daniel James Gercke
Archbishop Daniel James Gercke
(born 9 Oct 1874, died 19 Mar 1964)
Bishop Emeritus of Tucson

Event Place
Birth Place Philadelphia

a priest for 62.7 years
a bishop for 40.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Patrick John Ryan †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Bernard MacGinley †
Bishop of Nueva Caceres
Bishop James Paul McCloskey †
Bishop of Jaro o Santa Elisabetta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty † (1903)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Archbishop James Peter Davis † (1929)
Bishop Francis Joseph Green † (1932)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop James Peter Davis † (1943)
Bishop Francis Joseph Green † (1953)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken † (1941)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5217669

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1923, Number 66

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