Archbishop John Lawrence May †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1922		Born
3 May 1947	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 Jun 1967	45.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 Jun 1967	45.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tagarbala
24 Aug 1967	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tagarbala
29 Sep 1969	47.4	Appointed	Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
10 Dec 1969	47.6	Installed	Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, USA
24 Jan 1980	57.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
25 Mar 1980	57.9	Installed	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
9 Dec 1992	70.6	Resigned	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
24 Mar 1994	71.9	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

MicroData Summary for John Lawrence May
(VIAF: 48435260; WikiData: Q445180)
Archbishop John Lawrence May (born 31 Mar 1922, died 24 Mar 1994) Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis

Event Place
Birth Place Evanston, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Priest St. Mary of the Lake, Seminary, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Bishop Holy Name, Cathedral, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place Mary, Queen and Mother Center, Shrewsbury, MO, Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri

a priest for 46.8 years
a bishop for 26.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
John Patrick Cardinal Cody †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell †
Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin
Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo †
Titular Bishop of Stadia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Patrick Cardinal Cody † (1947)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Joseph Elmer Ritter † (1933)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana
Archbishop Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1892)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Bishop Richard Frank Stika (1985)
Bishop Edward Matthew Rice (1987)
Bishop Mark Steven Rivituso (1988)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Oscar Hugh Lipscomb † (1980)
Bishop Edward Joseph O’Donnell † (1984)
Bishop James Terry Steib, S.V.D. (1984)
Bishop John Joseph Leibrecht (1984)
Bishop Paul Albert Zipfel † (1989)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Joseph Sullivan † (1972)
Bishop William Benedict Friend † (1979)
Bishop Luis Morgan (Aloysius) Casey † (1984)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Evanston, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Priest	St. Mary of the Lake, Seminary, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Bishop	Holy Name, Cathedral, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place	Mary, Queen and Mother Center, Shrewsbury, MO, Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 73, Deceased Cardinals (back)
i/loc: CB, 12 Jun 2022

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