Bishop George William Ahr †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jun 1904		Born	Newark
29 Jul 1928	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Jan 1950	45.6	Appointed	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
20 Mar 1950	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
23 Jun 1979	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
5 May 1993	88.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 64.8 years
a bishop for 43.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh †
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bartholomew Joseph Eustace †
Bishop of Camden, New Jersey
Bishop Thomas Aloysius Boland †
Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh † (1918)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop James John Hogan † (1960)
Bishop John Charles Reiss † (1967)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
John Joseph Cardinal Carberry † (1956)
Bishop Walter William Curtis † (1957)
Bishop Martin Walter Stanton † (1957)
Bishop Edward Urban Kmiec (1982)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1950, Number 11

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