Bishop Joseph Casimir Plagens †

Deceased

Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jan 1880		Born
5 Jul 1903	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA
22 May 1924	44.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
22 May 1924	44.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis
30 Sep 1924	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis
13 Nov 1935	55.7	Appointed	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
29 Jan 1936	56.0	Installed	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
14 Dec 1940	60.8	Appointed	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
18 Feb 1941	61.0	Installed	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
31 Mar 1943	63.1	Died	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary for Joseph Casimir Plagens
(WikiData: Q6281912)
Bishop Joseph Casimir Plagens (born 29 Jan 1880, died 31 Mar 1943) Bishop of Grand Rapids

Event Place
Birth Place Czeszewo, Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Church, Detroit, Diocese of Detroit, Michigan
Death Place Grand Rapids, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan

a priest for 39.7 years
a bishop for 18.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Samuel Foley †
Bishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Michael James Gallagher †
Bishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Peter Rhode †
Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Bishop Edward Francis Hoban †
Titular Bishop of Colonia in Armenia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael James Gallagher † (1915)
Bishop of Detroit, Michigan
Bishop Henry Joseph Richter † (1883)
Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Titular Archbishop of Hauara
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki † (1938)
Bishop William Francis Murphy † (1938)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Czeszewo, Archdiocese of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
Ordained Bishop	Saints Peter and Paul, Church, Detroit, Diocese of Detroit, Michigan
Death Place	Grand Rapids, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan

Source(s):

b: Website of the Diocese, 14 Jun 2011
b: CB, 14 Jun 2011
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1924, Number 59

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