Bishop James Joseph Davis †

Deceased

Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Nov 1852		Born
21 Jun 1878	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Davenport, Iowa, USA
14 Sep 1904	51.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA
14 Sep 1904	51.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Milopotamos
30 Nov 1904	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Milopotamos
22 Dec 1906	54.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA
2 Dec 1926	74.0	Died	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA

MicroData Summary
James Joseph Davis
Bishop James Joseph Davis
(born 7 Nov 1852, died 2 Dec 1926)
Bishop of Davenport

Event Place
Birth Place Tinvaun, Dunawaggen, Diocese of Ossory, Ireland
Ordained Priest Carlow, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Davenport, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa
Death Place Davenport, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa
Buried Place (Original) Mount Calvary Catholic, Cemetery, Davenport, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa

a priest for 48.4 years
a bishop for 22.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop James Walshe †
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Keane †
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henry Cosgrove †
Bishop of Davenport, Iowa
Bishop Mathias Clement Lenihan †
Bishop of Great Falls, Montana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph Keane † (1878)
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Archbishop James Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop (Daniel) Austin Dowling † (1912)
Bishop Edmond Heelan † (1919)
Bishop Thomas William Drumm † (1919)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 7647711
WikiData: Q64745372

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1904, Number 64
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 252, and Page 154
c1: CB, 17 May 2022

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