Bishop Michael James Gallagher †

Deceased

Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Nov 1866		Born
19 Mar 1893	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
5 Jul 1915	48.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
5 Jul 1915	48.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania
8 Sep 1915	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania
26 Dec 1916	50.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
18 Jul 1918	51.6	Appointed	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
18 Nov 1918	52.0	Installed	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
20 Jan 1937	70.1	Died	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary for Michael James Gallagher
(VIAF: 107712988; WikiData: Q6830498)
Bishop Michael James Gallagher (born 18 Nov 1866, died 20 Jan 1937) Bishop of Detroit

Event Place
Birth Place Auburn, MI, Diocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Priest Innsbruck
Ordained Bishop Saint Andrew, Cathedral, Grand Rapids, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Death Place Detroit, Diocese of Detroit, Michigan

a priest for 43.8 years
a bishop for 21.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Simon Aichner †
Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Henry Joseph Richter †
Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Schrembs †
Bishop of Toledo (in America), Ohio
Bishop Edward Denis Kelly †
Titular Bishop of Cestrus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Henry Joseph Richter † (1883)
Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Titular Archbishop of Hauara
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Henry Edmund Donnelly † (1930)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Casimir Plagens † (1924)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Augustus John Schwertner † (1921)
Bishop James Augustine McFadden † (1932)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Auburn, MI, Diocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Priest	Innsbruck
Ordained Bishop	Saint Andrew, Cathedral, Grand Rapids, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Death Place	Detroit, Diocese of Detroit, Michigan

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 187
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1915, Number 53
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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