Bishop Edward Joseph Kelly †

Deceased

Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Feb 1890		Born
2 Jun 1917	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boise City, Idaho, USA
19 Dec 1927	37.8	Appointed	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
6 Mar 1928	38.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
21 Apr 1956	66.1	Died	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA

MicroData Summary
Edward Joseph Kelly
Bishop Edward Joseph Kelly
(born 26 Feb 1890, died 21 Apr 1956)
Bishop of Boise City

Event Place
Birth Place The Dalles, OR, Archdiocese of Oregon City, Oregon
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saint Francis de Sales, Cathedral, Baker, Diocese of Baker City, Oregon
Death Place Boise, Diocese of Boise City, Idaho
Buried Place (Original) Morris Hill, Cemetery, Boise, Diocese of Boise City, Idaho

a priest for 38.8 years
a bishop for 28.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Francis McGrath †
Bishop of Baker City, Oregon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mathias Clement Lenihan †
Bishop of Great Falls, Montana
Bishop Charles Daniel White †
Bishop of Spokane, Washington

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Francis McGrath † (1919)
Bishop of Baker City, Oregon
Bishop Edward John O’Dea † (1896)
Bishop of Seattle, Washington
Archbishop William Hickley Gross, C.Ss.R. † (1873)
Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon
Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley † (1853)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Gaetano Bedini † (1852)
Titular Archbishop of Thebae
Lodovico Cardinal Altieri † (1836)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Robert Joseph Dwyer † (1932)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bartholomew Joseph Eustace † (1938)
Bishop William Joseph Condon † (1939)
Bishop Francis Peter Paul Leipzig † (1950)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 6892996
VIAF: 11701499
WikiData: Q5343905

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1928, Number 7
c1: CB, 12 May 2022

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