Bishop George William Coleman †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Feb 1939		Born
16 Dec 1964	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
Oct 2002²	63.6	Appointed	Administrator of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
30 Apr 2003	64.2	Appointed	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
22 Jul 2003	64.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
22 Jul 2003	64.4	Ceased	Administrator of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
3 Jul 2014	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
24 May 2024	85.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for George William Coleman
(WikiData: Q553424)
Bishop George William Coleman (born 1 Feb 1939, died 24 May 2024) Bishop Emeritus of Fall River

Ad Limina - August 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral, Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
Death Place Charlton Memorial, Hospital, Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original) St. Patrick's, Cemetery, Somerset, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts

a priest for 59.4 years
a bishop for 20.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Francis Frederick Reh †
Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †
Titular Archbishop of Celene
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Daniel Anthony Cronin
Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut
Archbishop Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
Ordained Priest	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Saint Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral, Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
Death Place	Charlton Memorial, Hospital, Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original)	St. Patrick's, Cemetery, Somerset, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Number 14,428
r: Bollettino, 3 Jul 2014
op.loc: CB, 25 Oct 2022
d: CB, 25 May 2024
op.loc: CB, 28 May 2024
buro.loc: CB, 29 May 2024

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