Bishop Henry Joseph Grimmelsman †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Evansville, Indiana, USA

Titular Bishop of Tabla

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Dec 1890		Born
15 Aug 1915	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
11 Nov 1944	53.8	Appointed	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA
21 Dec 1944	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA
18 Oct 1965	74.8	Retired	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA
18 Oct 1965	74.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tabla
26 Jun 1972	81.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Evansville, Indiana, USA

MicroData Summary
Henry Joseph Grimmelsman
Bishop Henry Joseph Grimmelsman
(born 22 Dec 1890, died 26 Jun 1972)
Bishop Emeritus of Evansville

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

Event Place
Birth Place Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Ordained Priest Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Ordained Bishop Pontifical College Josephinum, Worthington, OH, Diocese of Columbus, Ohio
Death Place Evansville, Diocese of Evansville, Indiana

a priest for 56.8 years
a bishop for 27.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Henry K. Moeller †
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Urban John Vehr †
Archbishop of Denver, Colorado
Bishop George John Rehring †
Titular Bishop of Lunda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Clemente Geiger, C.Pp.S. † (1948)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 75938856
WikiData: Q2039553

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1944, Number 65
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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