Bishop Walter James Fitzgerald, S.J. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA

Titular Bishop of Tymbrias

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Nov 1883		Born
30 Jul 1902	18.7	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
31 Jul 1904	20.7	Professed	Member of Society of Jesus
16 May 1918	34.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Feb 1922	38.2	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
14 Dec 1938	55.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA
14 Dec 1938	55.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tymbrias
24 Feb 1939	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tymbrias
20 May 1945	61.5	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA
19 Jul 1947	63.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, USA

MicroData Summary for Walter James Fitzgerald
(WikiData: Q7965257)
Bishop Walter James Fitzgerald S.J. (born 17 Nov 1883, died 19 Jul 1947) Vicar Apostolic of Alaska

Event Place
Birth Place Peola, WA
Death Place Providence, Hospital, Seattle, Diocese of Seattle, Washington
Buried Place (Original) Jesuit, Cemetery, Spokane, Diocese of Spokane, Washington

a priest for 29.1 years
a bishop for 8.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes †
Bishop of Joliette, Québec
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Raphael John Crimont, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Ammaedara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles Daniel White †
Bishop of Spokane, Washington
Bishop Robert John Armstrong †
Bishop of Sacramento, California

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Raphael John Crimont, S.J. † (1917)
Titular Bishop of Ammaedara
Archbishop Alexander Christie † (1898)
Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon
Archbishop John Ireland † (1875)
Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Bishop Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P. † (1859)
Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick † (1841)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (1824)
Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (1815)
Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Peola, WA
Death Place	Providence, Hospital, Seattle, Diocese of Seattle, Washington
Buried Place (Original)	Jesuit, Cemetery, Spokane, Diocese of Spokane, Washington

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1939, Number 7
c1: CB, 28 Sep 2015

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