Bishop Francis Joseph Gossman †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Apr 1930		Born
17 Dec 1955	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
15 Jul 1968	38.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
15 Jul 1968	38.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aguntum
11 Sep 1968	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aguntum
8 Apr 1975	45.0	Appointed	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
8 Jun 2006	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
12 Aug 2013	83.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

MicroData Summary for Francis Joseph Gossman
(VIAF: 46305974; WikiData: Q1441596)
Bishop Francis Joseph Gossman (born 1 Apr 1930, died 12 Aug 2013) Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh

Ad Limina - March 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Baltimore, MD, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland

a priest for 57.6 years
a bishop for 44.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Martin John O’Connor †
Titular Bishop of Thespiae
Principal Consecrator:
Lawrence Joseph Cardinal Shehan †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Austin Murphy †
Titular Bishop of Appiaria
Bishop Thomas Joseph Mardaga †
Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Lawrence Joseph Cardinal Shehan † (1945)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Bernard Edward ("Ned") Shlesinger III (1996)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Raymond William Lessard † (1973)
William Henry Cardinal Keeler † (1979)
Bishop Peter Joseph Jugis (2003)

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 8 Jun 2006
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117
d: CB, 12 Aug 2013
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 11 Feb 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 3, Number 72
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 87, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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