Bishop Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Aug 1914		Born
30 May 1942	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA
18 Oct 1965	51.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
18 Oct 1965	51.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tepelta
20 Dec 1965	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tepelta
6 Oct 1969	55.1	Appointed	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
2 Dec 1969	55.3	Installed	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
24 Jun 1989	74.8	Retired	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
12 Mar 2005	90.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary for Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck
(WikiData: Q13422454)
Bishop Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck (born 3 Aug 1914, died 12 Mar 2005) Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Detroit, Diocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Priest Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Bishop Most Blessed Sacrament, Cathedral, Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan

a priest for 62.7 years
a bishop for 39.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Edward Aloysius Mooney †
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Francis Dearden †
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Anthony Donovan †
Titular Bishop of Rhasus
Bishop Gerald Vincent McDevitt †
Titular Bishop of Tigias

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Francis Dearden † (1948)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Walter Joseph Schoenherr † (1968)
Bishop Thomas John Gumbleton † (1968)
Bishop Robert John Rose † (1981)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Detroit, Diocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Priest	Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Bishop	Most Blessed Sacrament, Cathedral, Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 11 Feb 2018
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 97

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