Bishop Alfred James Jolson, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Reykjavik

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jun 1928		Born	Bridgeport, CT, USA
14 Jun 1958	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
12 Dec 1987	59.5	Appointed	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
6 Feb 1988	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
21 Mar 1994	65.8	Died	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland

a priest for 35.8 years
a bishop for 6.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Joseph Cardinal O’Connor †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Verschuren, S.C.I. †
Bishop Walter William Curtis †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alfred James Jolson, S.J. † (1988)
John Joseph Cardinal O’Connor † (1979)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 †

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