Bishop James Aloysius Griffin †

Deceased

Bishop of Springfield in Illinois

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Feb 1883		Born	Chicago
4 Jul 1909	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Nov 1923	40.7	Appointed	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
25 Feb 1924	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
5 Aug 1948	65.4	Died	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA

a priest for 39.1 years
a bishop for 24.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
George William Cardinal Mundelein †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch †
Archbishop Edward Francis Hoban †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Aloysius Griffin † (1924)
George William Cardinal Mundelein † (1909)
Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell † (1892)
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
John Cardinal McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop John Dubois, P.S.S. † (1826)
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Cardinal Lefebvre de Cheverus † (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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow †
Bishop John Aloysius Duffy †
Bishop Ralph Leo Hayes †
Bishop Henry Ambrose Pinger, O.F.M. †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1924, Number 9

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