Bishop John Joseph Graham †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Titular Bishop of Sabrata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Sep 1913		Born
26 Feb 1938	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
25 Nov 1963	50.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
25 Nov 1963	50.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sabrata
7 Jan 1964	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sabrata
8 Nov 1988	75.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aug 2000	86.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
John Joseph Graham
Bishop John Joseph Graham
(born 11 Sep 1913, died 4 Aug 2000)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia

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

Event Place
Birth Place Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place Darby, PA, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original) Holy Sepulchre, Cemetery, Cheltenham Township, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

a priest for 62.4 years
a bishop for 36.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Luigi Traglia †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Krol †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop George Leo Leech †
Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Bishop Gerald Vincent McDevitt †
Titular Bishop of Tigias

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph Krol † (1953)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Martin Nicholas Lohmuller † (1970)
Bishop Thomas Jerome Welsh † (1970)
Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes † (1976)
Bishop Louis Anthony DeSimone † (1981)
Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte † (1981)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 10703717
WikiData: Q6242158

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1964, Number 2

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