Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

Titular Bishop of Phacusa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1824		Born
8 Dec 1848	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
8 Feb 1870	45.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Calydon
11 Feb 1870	45.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
24 Apr 1870	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Calydon
30 Dec 1871	47.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
16 Apr 1887	62.7	Resigned	Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
14 Aug 1888	64.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Phacusa
3 May 1890	65.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary for Caspar Henry Borgess
(VIAF: 303152347; WikiData: Q5049022)
Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess (born 1 Aug 1824, died 3 May 1890) Bishop Emeritus of Detroit

Event Place
Birth Place Addrup, Diocese of Münster, Germany
Ordained Bishop St. Peter in Chains, Cathedral, Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio

a priest for 41.4 years
a bishop for 20.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Richard Vincent Whelan †
Bishop of Richmond, Virginia
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans †
Bishop of Columbus, Ohio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Henry Luers †
Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Bishop Patrick Augustine Feehan †
Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans † (1862)
Bishop of Columbus, Ohio
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 Edward Denis Kelly † (1886)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Gregory Dwenger, C.Pp.S. † (1872)
Bishop Richard Gilmour † (1872)
Bishop John Vertin † (1879)
Bishop Henry Joseph Richter † (1883)
Bishop Camillus Paul Maes † (1885)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Addrup, Diocese of Münster, Germany
Ordained Bishop	St. Peter in Chains, Cathedral, Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 174, and Page 243
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 450
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1870, Number 17

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