Bishop John Curtis Iffert

Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Nov 1967		Born
7 Jun 1997	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Belleville, Illinois, USA
Aug 2003³	35.6	Entered	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
2004²	36.1	Simple Vows	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
2008²	40.1	Ceased	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
13 Jul 2021	53.6	Appointed	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
30 Sep 2021	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
John Curtis Iffert
Bishop John Curtis Iffert
(born 23 Nov 1967)
Bishop of Covington

Event Place
Birth Place Du Quoin, Diocese of Belleville, Illinois
Ordained Priest Sacred Heart, Church, Du Quoin, Diocese of Belleville, Illinois
Ordained Bishop Assumption, Cathedral Basilica, Covington, Diocese of Covington, Kentucky

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Covington.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Wilton Daniel Gregory
Bishop of Belleville, Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Roger Joseph Foys
Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky
Bishop Michael George McGovern
Bishop of Belleville, Illinois

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz (1999)
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera † (1974)
Titular Archbishop of Celene
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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: Q107510908

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 13 Jul 2021
mn/ob: CB, 13 Jul 2021
c2+: CB, 3 Sep 2021
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 249, Number 20,766

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