Bishop Cletus Joseph Benjamin †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Titular Bishop of Binda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 May 1909		Born
8 Dec 1935	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Aug 1960	51.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
17 Aug 1960	51.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Binda
22 Dec 1960	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Binda
15 May 1961	52.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
Cletus Joseph Benjamin
Bishop Cletus Joseph Benjamin
(born 2 May 1909, died 15 May 1961)
Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia

Event Place
Birth Place Old Forge, PA, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

a priest for 25.4 years
a bishop for .3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Mark McShea †
Titular Bishop of Mina
Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick †
Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Old Forge, PA, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop	Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place	Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 82029462
WikiData: Q2115348

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 128
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 5, Number 239
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 7, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 64, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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