Bishop George Albert Hammes †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Sep 1911		Born
22 May 1937	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
28 Mar 1960	48.5	Appointed	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
24 May 1960	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
7 Jun 1960	48.7	Installed	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
27 Jun 1985	73.7	Resigned	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
11 Apr 1993	81.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin, USA

MicroData Summary for George Albert Hammes
(WikiData: Q2039600)
Bishop George Albert Hammes (born 11 Sep 1911, died 11 Apr 1993) Bishop Emeritus of Superior

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 St. Joseph’s Ridge
Ordained Bishop Civic Auditorium, Superior, Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin

a priest for 55.8 years
a bishop for 32.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop William Richard Griffin †
Titular Bishop of Lydda
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Patrick Treacy †
Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin
Bishop William Patrick O’Connor †
Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss † (1979)

Event	Place
Birth Place	St. Joseph’s Ridge
Ordained Bishop	Civic Auditorium, Superior, Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 59
c1: CB, 28 Sep 2015
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 64, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 71, Additions/Corrections (back)

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