Bishop John Baptist Franz †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Oct 1896		Born
13 Jun 1920	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Alton, Illinois, USA
27 May 1951	54.5	Appointed	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA
29 Aug 1951	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA
8 Aug 1959	62.7	Appointed	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
4 Nov 1959	63.0	Installed	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
24 May 1971	74.5	Retired	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
3 Jul 1992	95.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

MicroData Summary
John Baptist Franz
Bishop John Baptist Franz
(born 29 Oct 1896, died 3 Jul 1992)
Bishop Emeritus of Peoria

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

Event Place
Birth Place Springfield, IL, Diocese of Alton, Illinois
Ordained Priest Webster Groves, MO, Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Springfield, IL, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Death Place Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Buried Place (Original) Saint Marys, Cemetery, West Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois

a priest for 72.0 years
a bishop for 40.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Joseph Glennon †
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Principal Consecrator:
Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mark Kenny Carroll †
Bishop of Wichita, Kansas
Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor †
Bishop of Springfield in Illinois

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch † (1921)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Henry Moeller † (1900)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward William O’Rourke † (1971)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Springfield, IL, Diocese of Alton, Illinois
Ordained Priest	Webster Groves, MO, Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri
Ordained Bishop	Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Springfield, IL, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Death Place	Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Buried Place (Original)	Saint Marys, Cemetery, West Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 55053218
WikiData: Q6220576

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 81
c1: CB, 17 May 2022

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