Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jan 1921		Born
3 Feb 1947	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
29 Feb 1956	35.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
29 Feb 1956	35.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia
29 Jun 1956	35.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia
21 Jun 1966	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Apia, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
22 Jun 1967	46.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
10 Apr 1976	55.2	Resigned	Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
30 Aug 2015	94.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)

MicroData Summary
George Hamilton Pearce
Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce S.M.
(born 9 Jan 1921, died 30 Aug 2015)
Archbishop Emeritus of Suva

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Brighton, MA, USA
Ordained Bishop St. Columbkille, Church, Brighton, MA

a priest for 68.5 years
a bishop for 59.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Richard James Cushing †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Richard James Cushing †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Eric Francis MacKenzie †
Titular Bishop of Alba
Bishop Jeremiah Francis Minihan †
Titular Bishop of Paphus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Pio Cardinal Taofinu’u, S.M. † (1968)
Archbishop Petero Mataca † (1974)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Leo Lemay, S.M. † (1960)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Brighton, MA, USA
Ordained Bishop	St. Columbkille, Church, Brighton, MA

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1507507

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 57
d: CB, 31 Aug 2015
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 5, Number 193

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