Bishop Peter Joseph Baltes †

Deceased

Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Apr 1827		Born
31 May 1853	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
1855²	27.7	Incardinated	Priest of Quincy, Illinois, USA
24 Sep 1869	42.4	Appointed	Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA
23 Jan 1870	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA
15 Feb 1886	58.8	Died	Bishop of Alton, Illinois, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Peter Joseph Baltes
Bishop Peter Joseph Baltes
(born 7 Apr 1827, died 15 Feb 1886)
Bishop of Alton

Event Place
Birth Place Ensheim, Germany
Ordained Priest Montréal, Diocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Ordained Bishop St. Peter's, Belleville
Death Place Alton, Diocese of Alton, Illinois
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Saints Peter and Paul, Church, Alton, Diocese of Alton, Illinois

a priest for 32.7 years
a bishop for 16.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ignace Bourget †
Bishop of Montréal, Québec
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Henry Luers †
Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Augustus Maria Bernard Anthony John Gebhard Toebbe †
Bishop of Covington, Kentucky
Assisted by:
Father Patrick John Ryan †
Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Henry Luers † (1858)
Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Archbishop John Baptist Purcell † (1833)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop James Whitfield † (1828)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

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Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 91
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1870, Number 2

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