Bishop John Michael Fearns †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

Titular Bishop of Geras

Motto: Non Excidit

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jun 1897		Born
19 Feb 1922	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of New York, New York, USA
4 Nov 1957	60.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
4 Nov 1957	60.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Geras
10 Dec 1957	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Geras
12 Aug 1972	75.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
4 Jul 1977	80.0	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

MicroData Summary
John Michael Fearns
Bishop John Michael Fearns
(born 25 Jun 1897, died 4 Jul 1977)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Death Place New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York

a priest for 55.3 years
a bishop for 19.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Patrick Aloysius O’Boyle †
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia
Bishop Edward Joseph Maginn †
Titular Bishop of Curium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Frederick Reh † (1962)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2115383

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 71, Additions/Corrections (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 128
c1: CB, 18 May 2022

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