Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Scala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1944		Born
16 May 1970	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
24 Aug 1996	52.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Scala
24 Aug 1996	52.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh
23 Oct 1996	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Scala
22 Aug 2002	57.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe
3 Sep 2007	63.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
22 Feb 2011	66.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
8 Apr 2017	72.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
31 Jan 2020	75.4	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain

MicroData Summary
Edward Joseph Adams
Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams
(born 24 Aug 1944)
Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ordained Priest Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
John Joseph Cardinal Krol †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Anthony Joseph Cardinal Bevilacqua †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Archbishop John Patrick Foley †
Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerardo Alimane Alminaza (2008)
Archbishop José Araneta Cabantan (2010)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J. (2006)
Bishop José Alberto Serrano Antón, I.E.M.E. (2007)
Bishop Ruperto Cruz Santos (2010)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ordained Priest	Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ordained Bishop	Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

External Link(s):

VIAF: 88961155
WikiData: Q1292733

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 3 Sep 2007
ab: Bollettino, 22 Feb 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,860
ab: Bollettino, 8 Apr 2017
op.loc: CL, 19 Apr 2018
r: Bollettino, 31 Jan 2020
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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