Bishop James Mark Beckman

Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Motto: Jesus Christ Yesterday Today and Forever

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Oct 1962		Born
13 Jul 1990	27.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
7 May 2024	61.5	Appointed	Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
26 Jul 2024	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

MicroData Summary
James Mark Beckman
Bishop James Mark Beckman
(born 19 Oct 1962)
Bishop of Knoxville

Event Place
Birth Place Lawrenceburg, Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee
Ordained Priest Incarnation, Cathedral, Nashville, Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee
Ordained Bishop Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Knoxville.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop James Daniel Niedergeses †
Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Vann Johnston, Jr.
Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Mark Spalding
Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre (2007)
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop Alfred Clifton Hughes (1981)
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros † (1966)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Bishop James Louis Connolly † (1945)
Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Gregory Murray † (1920)
Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q125822708

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 May 2024
c1/ob: CB, 7 May 2024
c2: CB, 18 Jun 2024
c2+: CB, 20 Jun 2024

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