Bishop John Jeremiah McRaith †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Dec 1934		Born
21 Feb 1960	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
23 Oct 1982	47.8	Appointed	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
15 Dec 1982	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
5 Jan 2009	74.0	Resigned	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
19 Mar 2017	82.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

MicroData Summary
John Jeremiah McRaith
Bishop John Jeremiah McRaith
(born 6 Dec 1934, died 19 Mar 2017)
Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro

Ad Limina - December 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Hutchinson, Diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota
Ordained Priest St Mary's, Church, Sleepy Eye, MN, Diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota
Ordained Bishop Sportscenter, Owensboro, Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky
Death Place Owensboro, Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky

a priest for 57.0 years
a bishop for 34.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Alphonse James Schladweiler †
Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. †
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henry Joseph Soenneker †
Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky
Bishop Raymond Alphonse Lucker †
Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. † (1977)
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop Joseph Louis Bernardin † (1966)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop Paul John Hallinan † (1958)
Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia
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 William Francis Medley (2010)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1700625

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 5 Jan 2009
d: CB, 19 Mar 2017
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 77, Number 6,236
c1: CB, 18 May 2022

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