Bishop Cletus Joseph Benjamin †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Titular Bishop of Binda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 May 1909		Born	Old Forge, PA
8 Dec 1935	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Aug 1960	51.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
17 Aug 1960	51.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Binda
22 Dec 1960	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Binda
15 May 1961	52.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 25.4 years
a bishop for .4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Principal Consecrator:
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Mark McShea †
Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Cletus Joseph Benjamin † (1960)
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi † (1949)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1960, Number 128

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