Bishop Francis Joseph Christian

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Titular Bishop of Quincy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Oct 1942		Born
29 Jun 1968	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
2 Apr 1996	53.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
2 Apr 1996	53.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Quincy
14 May 1996	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Quincy
1 Feb 2018	75.3	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

MicroData Summary
Francis Joseph Christian
Bishop Francis Joseph Christian
(born 8 Oct 1942)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manchester

Ad Limina - August 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Peterborough, Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire
Ordained Priest Saint Patrick, Church, Jaffrey, Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire
Ordained Bishop Saint Joseph, Cathedral, Manchester, Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Manchester.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ernest John Primeau †
Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Leo Edward O’Neil †
Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Odore Joseph Gendron †
Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire
Bishop Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Portland, Maine

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Leo Edward O’Neil † (1980)
Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire
Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire † (1972)
Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts
Archbishop Humberto Sousa 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: Q552741

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 145, Number 12,720
r: Bollettino, 1 Feb 2018

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