Bishop James Michael Hill †

Deceased

Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Oct 1899		Born
24 Jun 1923	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada
22 Jun 1946	46.6	Appointed	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
25 Jul 1946	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
5 Sep 1946	46.8	Installed	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
29 Mar 1962	62.4	Died	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

MicroData Summary
James Michael Hill
Bishop James Michael Hill
(born 12 Oct 1899, died 29 Mar 1962)
Bishop of Victoria

Event Place
Birth Place Chatham, Diocese of Chatham, New Brunswick
Ordained Bishop St. Michael, Cathedral, Chatham, Diocese of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
Death Place Victoria, Diocese of Victoria, British Columbia

a priest for 38.7 years
a bishop for 15.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Patrice-Alexandre Chiasson, C.I.M. †
Bishop of Chatham, New Brunswick
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti †
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Camille-André Le Blanc †
Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick
Bishop John Roderick MacDonald †
Titular Bishop of Ancusa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti † (1936)
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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: Q61885039

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 64
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 597

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