Bishop Michael Joseph Crane †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Titular Bishop of Curium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Sep 1863		Born
15 Jun 1889	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Aug 1921	57.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
20 Aug 1921	57.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Curium
19 Sep 1921	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Curium
26 Dec 1928	65.2	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
Michael Joseph Crane
Bishop Michael Joseph Crane
(born 8 Sep 1863, died 26 Dec 1928)
Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia

Event Place
Birth Place Ashland, PA, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original) Grounds of, Saint Francis de Sales, Church, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

a priest for 39.5 years
a bishop for 7.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Patrick John Ryan †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Joseph McCort †
Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania
Bishop Thomas Joseph Walsh †
Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty † (1903)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Hubert James Cartwright † (1927)
Bishop Francis Edward Hyland † (1927)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 183579628
WikiData: Q2598776

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1921, Number 72

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