John Joseph Cardinal Krol †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani

Motto: Deus Rex Meus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Oct 1910		Born
20 Feb 1937	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
11 Jul 1953	42.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
11 Jul 1953	42.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cadi
2 Sep 1953	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cadi
11 Feb 1961	50.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
22 Mar 1961	50.4	Installed	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
26 Jun 1967	56.6	Elevated to Cardinal
26 Jun 1967	56.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant’Adriano a Villa Albani
11 Feb 1988	77.2	Resigned	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Mar 1996	85.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
John Joseph Krol
John Joseph Cardinal Krol
(born 26 Oct 1910, died 3 Mar 1996)
Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Consistory - 1967: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Cleveland, OH, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio
Ordained Bishop Saint John the Evangelist, Cathedral, Cleveland, OH, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio
Death Place Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

a priest for 59.0 years
a bishop for 42.5 years
a cardinal for 28.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Schrembs †
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Edward Francis Hoban †
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Bishop Floyd Lawrence Begin †
Titular Bishop of Sala

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:
Bishop James Anthony Griffin (1960)
Bishop Robert Patrick Maginnis † (1961)
Bishop Edward Peter Cullen, Jr. † (1962)
John Patrick Cardinal Foley † (1962)
Bishop Joseph Anthony Galante † (1964)
Bishop Francis Xavier DiLorenzo † (1968)
Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams (1970)
Bishop Joseph Anthony Pepe (1970)
Bishop Michael Joseph Bransfield † (1971)
Bishop Herbert Armstrong Bevard † (1972)
Bishop Edward Michael Deliman (1973)
Bishop Joseph Robert Cistone † (1975)
Archbishop James Patrick Green (1976)
Bishop Michael Joseph Fitzgerald (1980)
Bishop Joseph Patrick McFadden † (1981)
Bishop Michael Francis Burbidge (1984)
Bishop Timothy Christian Senior (1985)
Bishop Daniel Edward Thomas (1985)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. † (1963)
Bishop Joseph Thomas Daley † (1964)
Bishop John Joseph Graham † (1964)
Bishop Alfred Michael Watson † (1965)
Archbishop Giovanni Enrico (John Henry) Boccella, T.O.R. † (1968)
Bishop Martin Nicholas Lohmuller † (1970)
Bishop Thomas Jerome Welsh † (1970)
Bishop James Steven Rausch † (1973)
Bishop Michael Bosco Duraisamy † (1974)
Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes † (1976)
Bishop Louis Anthony DeSimone † (1981)
Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte † (1981)
John Patrick Cardinal Foley † (1984)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Adolph Marx † (1956)
Archbishop Paul Francis Leibold † (1958)
Archbishop Paul John Hallinan † (1958)
Bishop James William Malone † (1960)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 6656965
Vatican Library: 495/162873
VIAF: 39000434
WikiData: Q1700656

Source(s):

ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Necrology (back)
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 456, Ascendance
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1953, Number 73

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