Bishop James Anthony Griffin

Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jun 1934		Born
28 May 1960	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
30 Jun 1979	45.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
30 Jun 1979	45.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hólar
1 Aug 1979	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hólar
4 Feb 1983	48.6	Appointed	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
25 Apr 1983	48.8	Installed	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
14 Oct 2004	70.3	Resigned	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

MicroData Summary
James Anthony Griffin
Bishop James Anthony Griffin
(born 13 Jun 1934)
Bishop Emeritus of Columbus

Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Fairview Park
Ordained Bishop Cleveland, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Columbus.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Joseph Krol †
Titular Bishop of Cadi
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Aloysius Hickey †
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Clarence George Issenmann †
Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio
Bishop Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. †
Titular Bishop of Valliposita

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Aloysius Hickey † (1967)
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Archbishop John Francis Dearden † (1948)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1679955

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 55, Number 4,042

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