Bishop James Whelan, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee

Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jun 1823³		Born	Scaehan, Ireland
29 Jun 1840	17.1	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
2 Aug 1846	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
28 Jan 1859	35.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
28 Jan 1859	35.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Marcopolis
8 May 1859	35.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Marcopolis
21 Feb 1860	36.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
23 Sep 1863	40.3	Resigned	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
12 Feb 1864	40.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina
18 Feb 1878	54.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 31.5 years
a bishop for 18.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop John Baptiste Miège, S.J. †
- Bishop Henry Damian Juncker †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Whelan, O.P. † (1859)
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 †

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 246, and Page 366
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 402