Bishop John Eric Stowe, O.F.M. Conv.

Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Apr 1966		Born
1 Aug 1992	26.2	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
16 Sep 1995	29.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
12 Mar 2015	48.9	Appointed	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
5 May 2015	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA

MicroData Summary
John Eric Stowe
Bishop John Eric Stowe O.F.M. Conv.
(born 15 Apr 1966)
Bishop of Lexington

Ad Limina - December 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Amherst, OH, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio
Ordained Priest Saint Anthony of Padua, Church, Lorain, OH
Ordained Bishop Christ the King, Cathedral, Lexington, Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Lexington.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Alexander James Quinn †
Titular Bishop of Socia
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Armando Xavier Ochoa
Bishop of Fresno, California
Bishop Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv.
Bishop of San Isidro de El General

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz (1999)
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera † (1974)
Titular Archbishop of Celene
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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 Anthony Cerdan Celino (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q19570170

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Mar 2015
c1/ob: CB, 12 Mar 2015
c2: CB, 24 Mar 2015
c34: CB, 18 Apr 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 223, Number 18,491
op.loc: CB, 20 Oct 2022

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