Bishop James Augustine Healy †

Deceased

Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Apr 1830		Born
10 Jun 1854	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
12 Feb 1875	44.8	Appointed	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
2 Jun 1875	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
5 Aug 1900	70.3	Died	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

MicroData Summary
James Augustine Healy
Bishop James Augustine Healy
(born 6 Apr 1830, died 5 Aug 1900)
Bishop of Portland

Event Place
Birth Place Macon, GA, Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina
Ordained Priest Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Portland, Diocese of Portland, Maine
Death Place Portland, Diocese of Portland, Maine
Buried Place (Original) Calvary, Cemetery, South Portland, Diocese of Portland, Maine

a priest for 46.1 years
a bishop for 25.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour †
Archbishop of Paris
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Williams †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis McNeirny †
Titular Bishop of Rhesaina
Bishop Patrick Thomas O’Reilly †
Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph Williams † (1866)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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):

Find a Grave (Grave): 62594246
VIAF: 45958813
WikiData: Q6128975

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 464
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1875, Number 35
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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