Bishop Charles Henry Colton †

Deceased

Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Oct 1848		Born
10 Jun 1876	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of New York, New York, USA
20 May 1903	54.5	Appointed	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
24 Aug 1903	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
9 May 1915	66.5	Died	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA

MicroData Summary for Charles Henry Colton
(VIAF: 63555914; WikiData: Q5078545)
Bishop Charles Henry Colton (born 15 Oct 1848, died 9 May 1915) Bishop of Buffalo

Event Place
Birth Place New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Priest Troy, NY
Ordained Bishop Saint Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Death Place Buffao, Diocese of Buffalo, New York

a priest for 38.9 years
a bishop for 11.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bernard Joseph John McQuaid †
Bishop of Rochester, New York
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Murphy Farley †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernard Joseph John McQuaid †
Bishop of Rochester, New York
Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Murphy Farley † (1895)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
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 Francis Joseph Tief † (1908)
Bishop Joseph Aloysius Burke † (1912)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Francis Cusack † (1904)
George William Cardinal Mundelein † (1909)
Bishop Joseph Henry Conroy † (1912)

Event	Place
Birth Place	New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Priest	Troy, NY
Ordained Bishop	Saint Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Death Place	Buffao, Diocese of Buffalo, New York

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 162
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1903, Number 38
c1: CB, 13 May 2022

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