Bishop Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria-Shreveport, Louisiana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 May 1916		Born	Texarkana
11 Jun 1942	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
24 Feb 1969	52.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
24 Feb 1969	52.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vina
25 Apr 1969	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vina
10 May 1973	57.0	Appointed	Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
20 Jul 1982	66.2	Resigned	Bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
15 Jan 1994	77.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA

a priest for 51.6 years
a bishop for 24.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Albert Lewis Fletcher †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lawrence Michael De Falco †
Bishop Warren Louis Boudreaux †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves † (1969)
Bishop Albert Lewis Fletcher † (1940)
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)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward Cornelius O'Leary †
Bishop Charles Roman Koester †
Bishop William Benedict Friend

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