Bishop Francis Joseph Haas †

Deceased

Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Mar 1889		Born
11 Jun 1913	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
26 Sep 1943	54.5	Appointed	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
18 Nov 1943	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
29 Aug 1953	64.4	Died	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary
Francis Joseph Haas
Bishop Francis Joseph Haas
(born 18 Mar 1889, died 29 Aug 1953)
Bishop of Grand Rapids

Event Place
Birth Place Racine, WI, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ordained Priest Racine, WI, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ordained Bishop Saint Andrew, Cathedral, Grand Rapids, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Death Place Grand Rapids, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Buried Place (Original) Resurrection, Cemetery, Wyoming, MI, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan

a priest for 40.2 years
a bishop for 9.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Maria Koudelka †
Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Edward Aloysius Mooney †
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley †
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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:
Archbishop Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka † (1945)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 52746669
WikiData: Q5481420

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1943, Number 72
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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