Bishop John Marius Laval †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Sep 1854		Born
10 Nov 1877	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
7 Sep 1911	56.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
7 Sep 1911	56.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea
29 Nov 1911	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hierocaesarea
4 Jun 1937	82.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

MicroData Summary
John Marius Laval
Bishop John Marius Laval
(born 21 Sep 1854, died 4 Jun 1937)
Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Etienne, Archdiocese of Lyon (-Vienne), France
Ordained Priest New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Ordained Bishop Saint Louis, King of France, Cathedral, New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Death Place Saint Mary's, Hospital, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Buried Place (Original) Saint Louis King of France, Cathedral Basilica, New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana

a priest for 59.5 years
a bishop for 25.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Napoléon-Joseph Perché †
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Hubert Blenk, S.M. †
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Cornelius Van de Ven †
Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana
Bishop John William Shaw †
Bishop of San Antonio, Texas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Hubert Blenk, S.M. † (1899)
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle † (1891)
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Arthur Jerome Drossaerts † (1918)
Bishop Jules Benjamin Jeanmard † (1918)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 87377516
WikiData: Q2735846

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1911, Number 93
c1: CB, 18 May 2022

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