Bishop James Colbert †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Port Elizabeth

Titular Bishop of Olbia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Apr 1898		Born	Cork, Ireland
19 Jun 1921	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Jun 1939	41.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
13 Jun 1939	41.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Olbia
29 Oct 1939	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Olbia
Sep 1948³	50.4	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
8 Jan 1955	56.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 33.6 years
a bishop for 15.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini †
- Archbishop Henri Streicher, M. Afr. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Colbert † (1939)
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 †

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1939, Number 61

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