Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 May 1885		Born	Mobile
5 Jun 1909	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Jun 1924	39.1	Appointed	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
15 Oct 1924	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
2 Dec 1967	82.6	Retired	Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA
2 Dec 1967	82.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vageata
5 Jan 1971	85.7	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Vageata
20 Dec 1976	91.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA

a priest for 67.5 years
a bishop for 52.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Edward Patrick Allen †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jules Benjamin Jeanmard †
Bishop James Aloysius Griffin †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow † (1924)
Bishop Edward Patrick Allen † (1897)
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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 Leo Fabiano Fahey †
Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Toolen †
Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco †
Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.
Bishop Joseph Aloysius Durick †

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