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Archbishop James Robert Golka

Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Grand Island, Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska
Ordained Priest	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Cathedral, Grand Island, Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska
Ordained Bishop	Holy Apostles, Church, Colorado Springs, Diocese of Colorado Springs, Colorado

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Denver. a priest for years a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by: Bishop Lawrence James McNamara † Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Samuel Joseph Aquila Archbishop of Denver, Colorado Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Michael John Sheridan † Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado Bishop Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Samuel Joseph Aquila (2001) Archbishop of Denver, Colorado Archbishop Harry Joseph Flynn † (1986) Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota Bishop Howard James Hubbard † (1977) Bishop of Albany, New York Terence James Cardinal Cooke † (1965) Archbishop of New York, New York 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 Kevin Thomas Kenney (2024)

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