Bishop Richard Gilmour †

Deceased

Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Sep 1824		Born
15 Aug 1842	17.8	Converted
30 Aug 1852	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
15 Feb 1872	47.3	Appointed	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
14 Apr 1872	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
13 Apr 1891	66.5	Died	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

MicroData Summary
Richard Gilmour
Bishop Richard Gilmour
(born 28 Sep 1824, died 13 Apr 1891)
Bishop of Cleveland

Event Place
Birth Place Glasgow, Archdiocese of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
Ordained Priest Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Ordained Bishop St. Peter in Chains, Cathedral, Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Death Place St. Augustine, FL, Diocese of Saint Augustine, Florida

a priest for 38.6 years
a bishop for 18.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Baptist Purcell †
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Baptist Purcell †
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Augustus Maria Bernard Anthony John Gebhard Toebbe †
Bishop of Covington, Kentucky
Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess †
Bishop of Detroit, Michigan

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Baptist Purcell † (1833)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas McGovern † (1888)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/113042
VIAF: 14510657
WikiData: Q7325939

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 210
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1872, Number 55
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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