Bishop Donald Francis Hanchon

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

Titular Bishop of Horreomargum

Motto: Que Crezca Jesús

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Oct 1947		Born
19 Oct 1974	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA
22 Mar 2011	63.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
22 Mar 2011	63.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Horreomargum
5 May 2011	63.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Horreomargum
3 Mar 2023	75.4	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary
Donald Francis Hanchon
Bishop Donald Francis Hanchon
(born 9 Oct 1947)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit

Ad Limina - February 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - December 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Wayne, MI, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Priest St. Mary, Church, Wayne, MI, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Bishop Most Blessed Sacrament, Cathedral, Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Detroit.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch †
Titular Bishop of Pomaria
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bishop John Michael Quinn
Bishop of Winona, Minnesota

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron (1996)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida (1984)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1239867

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 22 Mar 2011
ob/c2+: CB, 25 Apr 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 206, Number 17,048
c1: CB, 17 May 2022
c1/op.loc: CB, 22 Oct 2022
r: Bollettino, 3 Mar 2023

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