Bishop Matthew Gregory Elshoff, O.F.M. Cap.

Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

Titular Bishop of Lamzella

Motto: Caritas Christi Urget Nos

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Sep 1955		Born
22 Sep 1979	23.9	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
18 Jun 1982	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
18 Jul 2023	67.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
18 Jul 2023	67.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lamzella
26 Sep 2023	68.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lamzella

MicroData Summary
Matthew Gregory Elshoff
Bishop Matthew Gregory Elshoff O.F.M. Cap.
(born 24 Sep 1955)
Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles

Event Place
Birth Place Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Ordained Priest St. Bede the Venerable, Church, La Cañada, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of the Angels, Cathedral, Los Angeles, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Timothy Finbar Cardinal Manning †
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Horacio Gómez Velasco
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gerald Eugene Wilkerson
Titular Bishop of Vincennes
Bishop Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan
Titular Bishop of Rusicade

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Horacio Gómez Velasco (2001)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. (1988)
Archbishop of Denver, Colorado
Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q120729257

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 18 Jul 2023
mn/ob/c12: CB, 18 Jul 2023
c3: CB, 8 Sep 2023
c4: CB, 26 Sep 2023
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 257, Number 21,297
op.loc: CB, 20 Jan 2024

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