Bishop Ireneus Frederic Baraga †

Deceased

Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jun 1797		Born
21 Sep 1823	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ljubljana, Slovenia
29 Jul 1853	56.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Upper Michigan, USA
29 Jul 1853	56.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Amyzon
1 Nov 1853	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Amyzon
9 Jan 1857	59.5	Appointed	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
23 Oct 1865	68.3	Appointed	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
19 Jan 1868	70.5	Died	Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary for Ireneus Frederic Baraga
(VIAF: 37218360; WikiData: Q575492)
Bishop Ireneus Frederic Baraga (born 29 Jun 1797, died 19 Jan 1868) Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette

Event Place
Birth Place Château, Mala Vas, Diocese of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
Ordained Priest Ljubljana, Diocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ordained Bishop St. Peter in Chains, Cathedral, Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Death Place Marquette, Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan

a priest for 44.3 years
a bishop for 14.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber †
Bishop of Ljubljana
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Baptist Purcell †
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Paul Lefevère (Lefebre) †
Titular Bishop of Zela
Bishop John Martin Henni †
Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John Vertin † (1866)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Château, Mala Vas, Diocese of Ljubljana (Laybach; Laibach), Slovenia
Ordained Priest	Ljubljana, Diocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ordained Bishop	St. Peter in Chains, Cathedral, Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Death Place	Marquette, Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 97, and Page 368
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1853, Number 48
c1: CB, 18 May 2022
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 230, to Page 232

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