Bishop Francis Ridgley Cotton †

Deceased

Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Sep 1895		Born
17 Jun 1920	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
16 Dec 1937	42.2	Appointed	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
24 Feb 1938	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
25 Sep 1960	65.0	Died	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

MicroData Summary
Francis Ridgley Cotton
Bishop Francis Ridgley Cotton
(born 19 Sep 1895, died 25 Sep 1960)
Bishop of Owensboro

Event Place
Birth Place Bardstown, Diocese of Louisville, Kentucky
Ordained Priest Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Ordained Bishop Assumption, Cathedral, Louisville, Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky
Death Place Owensboro, Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky
Buried Place (Original) Resurrection, Cemetery, Owensboro, Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky

a priest for 40.2 years
a bishop for 22.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. †
Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Alexander Floersh †
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Theodore Henry Reverman †
Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin
Bishop Moses Elias Kiley †
Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Alexander Floersh † (1923)
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John George Bennett † (1945)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 34066590
WikiData: Q2039482

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 13
c1: CB, 17 May 2022

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