Bishop Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B.

Bishop Emeritus of Portland, Maine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Sep 1928		Born	Millinochet
2 Jul 1948	19.8	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
12 Jun 1954	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
4 Feb 1986	57.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
4 Feb 1986	57.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Praecausa
21 Apr 1986	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Praecausa
27 Dec 1988	60.3	Appointed	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
21 Feb 1989	60.4	Installed	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
10 Feb 2004	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Portland.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Odore Joseph Gendron
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ernest John Primeau †
Bishop Robert Edward Mulvee

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. (1986)
Bishop Odore Joseph Gendron (1975)
Bishop Ernest John Primeau † (1960)
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer † (1946)
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley † (1934)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 Michael Richard Cote
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Joseph Christian

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