Bishop John Joseph Grimes, S.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Feb 1842		Born
22 Aug 1869	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
13 May 1887	45.2	Appointed	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
26 Jul 1887	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
15 Mar 1915	73.0	Died	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

MicroData Summary
John Joseph Grimes
Bishop John Joseph Grimes S.M.
(born 11 Feb 1842, died 15 Mar 1915)
Bishop of Christchurch

Event Place
Birth Place Bromley-by-Bow, Archdiocese of Westminster, England, Great Britain
Ordained Bishop Ste Anne, London, Archdiocese of Westminster, England, Great Britain

a priest for 45.5 years
a bishop for 27.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Herbert Alfred Henry Vaughan †
Bishop of Salford, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Baptist Butt †
Bishop of Southwark, England
Bishop James Laird Patterson †
Titular Bishop of Emmaüs

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Herbert Alfred Henry Vaughan † (1872)
Bishop of Salford, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Thomas O’Shea, S.M. † (1893)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop George Michael Lenihan † (1896)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Verdon † (1896)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/344236
VIAF: 92528328
WikiData: Q6236429

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 203
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1887, Number 37

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