Bishop James Edward Fitzgerald †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

Titular Bishop of Walla Walla

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Dec 1938		Born
23 May 1964	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Joliet in Illinois, USA
11 Jan 2002	63.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
11 Jan 2002	63.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Walla Walla
19 Mar 2002	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Walla Walla
5 Jun 2003	64.4	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
11 Sep 2003	64.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

MicroData Summary
James Edward Fitzgerald
Bishop James Edward Fitzgerald
(born 30 Dec 1938, died 11 Sep 2003)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois

Event Place
Birth Place Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Priest Saint Raymond Nonnatus, Cathedral, Joliet, Diocese of Joliet in Illinois
Ordained Bishop Saint Raymond Nonnatus, Cathedral, Joliet, Diocese of Joliet in Illinois

a priest for 39.3 years
a bishop for 1.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell †
Titular Bishop of Abrittum
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch †
Bishop of Joliet in Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Roger Louis Kaffer †
Titular Bishop of Dusa
Bishop Daniel Leo Ryan †
Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Illinois

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch † (1973)
Bishop of Joliet in Illinois
John Francis Cardinal Dearden † (1948)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
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: Q16015821

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Number 14,150
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 14 May 2022

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