Bishop Gerald Vincent McDevitt †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Titular Bishop of Tigias

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Feb 1917		Born
30 May 1942	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
22 Jun 1962	45.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
22 Jun 1962	45.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tigias
1 Aug 1962	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tigias
29 Sep 1980	63.5	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
Gerald Vincent McDevitt
Bishop Gerald Vincent McDevitt
(born 23 Feb 1917, died 29 Sep 1980)
Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

a priest for 38.3 years
a bishop for 18.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick †
Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Bishop Francis James Furey †
Titular Bishop of Temnus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. † (1963)
Bishop Joseph Thomas Daley † (1964)
Bishop John Joseph Graham † (1964)
Mister Bernard Matthew Kelly † (1964)
Bishop Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck † (1965)
Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros † (1966)
Bishop Martin Nicholas Lohmuller † (1970)
Bishop Thomas Jerome Welsh † (1970)
Bishop Edward Thomas Hughes † (1976)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 18413028
VIAF: 75950330
WikiData: Q2114652

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 113
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 64, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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