Archbishop Edmond John Fitzmaurice †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jun 1881		Born
28 May 1904	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
24 Jul 1925	44.0	Appointed	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
30 Nov 1925	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
1 Mar 1960	78.6	Retired	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
1 Mar 1960	78.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia
25 Jul 1962	81.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

MicroData Summary
Edmond John Fitzmaurice
Archbishop Edmond John Fitzmaurice
(born 24 Jun 1881, died 25 Jul 1962)
Bishop Emeritus of Wilmington

Event Place
Birth Place Tarbert, Diocese of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place Wilmington, Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware
Buried Place (Original) All Saints, Cemetery, Wilmington, Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware

a priest for 58.1 years
a bishop for 36.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Pietro Cardinal Respighi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Principal Consecrator:
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Joseph Swint †
Bishop of Wheeling, West Virginia
Bishop Andrew James Louis Brennan †
Titular Bishop of Thapsus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty † (1903)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback, O.S.F.S. † (1938)
Bishop John Baptist Minder, O.S.F.S. † (1950)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 101972120
WikiData: Q5338885

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1925, Number 59

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