Archbishop John Gordon †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands

Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jul 1912		Born	Clarecastle, Ireland
7 Mar 1936	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Feb 1962	49.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
10 Feb 1962	49.5	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Thailand
24 Jun 1962	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
19 Aug 1967	55.1	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to South Africa
19 Aug 1967	55.1	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho
1971	58.4	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India
1976	63.4	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands
1978	65.4	Resigned	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands
30 Jan 1981	68.5	Died	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands

a priest for 44.9 years
a bishop for 18.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Gordon † (1962)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
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)
Carlo Cardinal 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:
Archbishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M.
Bishop Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B. †
Archbishop Henry Sebastian D'Souza

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