Archbishop William Henry Elder †

Deceased

Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Motto: Vincit Mundum Fides

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Mar 1819		Born
29 Mar 1846	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
9 Jan 1857	37.7	Appointed	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
3 May 1857	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
23 Jul 1878	59.3	Resigned	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA
23 Jul 1878	59.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Hauara
30 Jan 1880	60.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
4 Jul 1883	64.2	Succeeded	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
31 Oct 1904	85.6	Died	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

MicroData Summary
William Henry Elder
Archbishop William Henry Elder
(born 22 Mar 1819, died 31 Oct 1904)
Archbishop of Cincinnati

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Death Place Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio

a priest for 58.5 years
a bishop for 47.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Giovanni Brunelli †
Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John McGill †
Bishop of Richmond, Virginia
Bishop James Frederick Bryan Wood †
Titular Bishop of Antigonea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, 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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Francis Joseph Beckman † (1902)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Ambrose Watterson † (1880)
Bishop Henry Joseph Richter † (1883)
Bishop Camillus Paul Maes † (1885)
Bishop John Frederick Ignatius Horstmann † (1892)
Bishop Thomas Sebastian Byrne † (1894)
Bishop Denis O’Donaghue † (1900)
Archbishop Henry K. Moeller † (1900)
Bishop Herman Joseph Alerding † (1900)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Quinlan † (1859)
Bishop William O’Hara † (1868)
Bishop Dominic Manucy † (1874)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Death Place	Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio

External Link(s):

VIAF: 3275944
WikiData: Q8011973

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 133, and Page 205
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 403
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1857, Number 22
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 380, Ascendance
c1: CB, 14 May 2022

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