Bishop James Henry Ambrose Griffiths †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

Titular Bishop of Gaza

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jul 1903		Born
12 Mar 1927	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA
15 Oct 1949	46.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Military, USA
15 Oct 1949	46.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gaza
18 Jan 1950	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gaza
Sep 1955³	52.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
24 Feb 1964	60.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for James Henry Ambrose Griffiths
(VIAF: 9256163092002795070004; WikiData: Q2115391)
Bishop James Henry Ambrose Griffiths (born 16 Jul 1903, died 24 Feb 1964) Auxiliary Bishop of New York

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Brooklyn, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Death Place New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York

a priest for 36.9 years
a bishop for 14.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Giuseppe Palica †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Principal Consecrator:
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Edmund Molloy †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Bishop William Richard Arnold †
Titular Bishop of Phocaea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Geraldo Daniel Joseph Scarpone Caporale, O.F.M. † (1956)
Bishop Ven. Alphonse Paul Gallegos, O.A.R. † (1958)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Johnston Navagh † (1952)
Bishop Leo Richard Smith † (1952)
Bishop Charles Richard Mulrooney † (1959)
Bishop Joseph Peter Michael Denning † (1959)
Archbishop John Joseph Maguire † (1959)
Bishop James John Hogan † (1960)
Bishop Vincent John Baldwin † (1962)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Brooklyn, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	St. Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Death Place	New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 2
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1965, Page 1,367
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 71, Additions/Corrections (back)
c1: CB, 15 May 2022

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