Archbishop John Alexander Floersh †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky

Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Oct 1886		Born	Nashville, TN
10 Jun 1911	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Feb 1923	36.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
6 Feb 1923	36.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis
8 Apr 1923	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lycopolis
26 Jul 1924	37.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
10 Dec 1937	51.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
25 Feb 1967	80.4	Retired	Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
25 Feb 1967	80.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Sistroniana
11 Jun 1968	81.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

a priest for 57.0 years
a bishop for 45.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Bishop Michele Cerrati †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Alexander Floersh † (1923)
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Theodore Mary Reverman †
Bishop Francis Ridgley Cotton †
Bishop Charles Garrett Maloney †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis William Howard †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1923, Number 14

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