Bishop Hugh Louis Lamb †

Deceased

Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Oct 1890		Born
29 May 1915	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
19 Dec 1935	45.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
19 Dec 1935	45.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Helos
19 Mar 1936	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Helos
28 May 1951	60.6	Appointed	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
16 Jan 1952	61.2	Installed	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Dec 1959	69.1	Died	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
Hugh Louis Lamb
Bishop Hugh Louis Lamb
(born 6 Oct 1890, died 8 Dec 1959)
Bishop of Greensburg

Event Place
Birth Place Modena, PA
Ordained Priest San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place Jeannette, Hospital, Greensburg, Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

a priest for 44.5 years
a bishop for 23.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Principal Consecrator:
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †
Bishop of Savannah, Georgia
Bishop George Leo Leech †
Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty † (1903)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Thomas Joseph McDonough † (1938)
Bishop Martin Nicholas Lohmuller † (1944)
John Joseph Cardinal O’Connor † (1945)
Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes † (1947)
Bishop René Henry Gracida (1959)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Eugene Joseph McGuinness † (1937)
Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick † (1947)
Bishop Francis Edward Hyland † (1949)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 58619060
WikiData: Q5931403

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1936, Number 16

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