Bishop Christopher Edward Byrne †

Deceased

Bishop of Galveston, Texas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1867		Born	Byrnesville, MO
23 Sep 1891	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
18 Jul 1918	51.2	Appointed	Bishop of Galveston, Texas, USA
10 Nov 1918	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Galveston, Texas, USA
1 Apr 1950	82.9	Died	Bishop of Galveston, Texas, USA

a priest for 58.5 years
a bishop for 31.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Glennon †
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Francis Lillis †
Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri
Bishop John Baptist Morris †
Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph Glennon † (1896)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Archbishop John Joseph Kain † (1875)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley † (1853)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Gaetano Bedini † (1852)
Titular Archbishop of Thebae
Lodovico Cardinal Altieri † (1836)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Louis Joseph Reicher † (1948)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Gilfillan † (1922)
Archbishop Rudolph Aloysius Gerken † (1927)
Archbishop Paul Clarence Schulte † (1937)
Bishop Wendelin Joseph Nold † (1948)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1918, Number 49

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