Bishop James Kendrick Williams

Bishop Emeritus of Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Sep 1936		Born
25 May 1963	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
15 Apr 1984	47.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
15 Apr 1984	47.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Catula
19 Jun 1984	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Catula
14 Jan 1988	51.3	Appointed	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
2 Mar 1988	51.4	Installed	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
11 Jun 2002	65.7	Resigned	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA

MicroData Summary
James Kendrick Williams
Bishop James Kendrick Williams
(born 5 Sep 1936)
Bishop Emeritus of Lexington

Event Place
Birth Place Athertonville
Ordained Priest Assumption, Cathedral, Louisville, Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky
Ordained Bishop Assumption, Cathedral Basilica, Covington, Diocese of Covington, Kentucky

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Lexington.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Charles Garrett Maloney †
Titular Bishop of Capsa
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop William Anthony Hughes †
Bishop of Covington, Kentucky
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. †
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Bishop Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Anthony Hughes † (1974)
Bishop of Covington, Kentucky
Bishop James William Malone † (1960)
Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio
Bishop Emmet Michael Walsh † (1927)
Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio
Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. † (1922)
Bishop of Savannah, Georgia
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley † (1914)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley † (1900)
Bishop of Savannah, Georgia
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, 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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1522446

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 86, Number 7,210
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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