Bishop Joseph Melcher †

Deceased

Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Mar 1806		Born	Vienna, Austria
27 Mar 1830	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
3 Mar 1868	62.0	Appointed	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
12 Jul 1868	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
20 Dec 1873	67.8	Died	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

First Vatican Council: Council Father

a priest for 43.7 years
a bishop for 5.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Martin Henni †
Bishop Henry Damian Juncker †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Melcher † (1868)
Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick † (1841)
Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (1824)
Archbishop Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (1815)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Louis Mary (Michael) Fink, O.S.B. †
Archbishop Patrick John Ryan †

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 520

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