Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.

Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Mar 1910		Born	Mahaut
22 Jan 1939	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
27 Nov 1952	42.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Accra, Ghana
27 Nov 1952	42.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cyparissia
8 Jan 1953	42.8	Appointed	Bishop of Accra, Ghana
22 Apr 1953	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Accra, Ghana
16 Jan 1971	60.8	Appointed	Bishop of Saint John’s, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
17 Jul 1981	71.3	Retired	Bishop of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles

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

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Saint John’s-Basseterre.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow †
Archbishop Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D. (1953)
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah †
Bishop Joseph Amihere Essuah †
Archbishop Donald James Reece

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