Bishop John Robert Gorman †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Titular Bishop of Catula

Motto: In Spiritu Jesu

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Dec 1925		Born
1 May 1952	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 Feb 1988	62.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 Feb 1988	62.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Catula
11 Apr 1988	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Catula
24 Jan 2003	77.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 Jun 2025	99.4	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

MicroData Summary
John Robert Gorman
Bishop John Robert Gorman
(born 11 Dec 1925, died 2 Jun 2025)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago

Event Place
Birth Place Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Priest Saint Mary of the Lake, Seminary, Mundelein, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Bishop Holy Name of Jesus, Cathedral, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place Orland Park, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Buried Place (Original) Holy Sepulchre, Cemetery, Alsip, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois

a priest for 73.0 years
a bishop for 37.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alfred Leo Abramowicz †
Titular Bishop of Pesto
Bishop Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. †
Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin † (1966)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Paul John Hallinan † (1958)
Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
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 Raymond Emil Goedert † (1991)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Priest	Saint Mary of the Lake, Seminary, Mundelein, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Bishop	Holy Name of Jesus, Cathedral, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place	Orland Park, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Buried Place (Original)	Holy Sepulchre, Cemetery, Alsip, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1700249

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 109, Number 9,622
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Deceased Cardinals (back)
op/loc: CB, 11 Dec 2023
d/loc: CB, 3 Jun 2025

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