Bishop Francis Xavier Gartland †

Deceased

Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA

Motto: Vincit Veritas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jan 1805		Born
5 Aug 1832	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
23 Jul 1850	45.5	Appointed	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
10 Nov 1850	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
20 Sep 1854	49.6	Died	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA

MicroData Summary
Francis Xavier Gartland
Bishop Francis Xavier Gartland
(born 13 Jan 1805, died 20 Sep 1854)
Bishop of Savannah

Event Place
Birth Place Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Priest Philadelphia, Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop St. John, Pro-Cathedral, Philadelphia, Diocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place Savannah, Diocese of Savannah, Georgia
Buried Place (Original) Catholic, Cemetery, Savannah, Diocese of Savannah, Georgia

a priest for 22.1 years
a bishop for 3.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick †
Titular Bishop of Arathia
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Samuel Eccleston, P.S.S. †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick †
Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bishop Michael J. O’Connor, S.J. †
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Samuel Eccleston, P.S.S. † (1834)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop James Whitfield † (1828)
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

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 10739559
WikiData: Q5482886

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 503
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1850, Number 54
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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