Bishop Joseph Francis McGrath †

Deceased

Bishop of Baker City, Oregon, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Mar 1871		Born
21 Dec 1895	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA
21 Dec 1918	47.8	Appointed	Bishop of Baker City, Oregon, USA
25 Mar 1919	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Baker City, Oregon, USA
12 Apr 1950	79.1	Died	Bishop of Baker City, Oregon, USA

MicroData Summary
Joseph Francis McGrath
Bishop Joseph Francis McGrath
(born 1 Mar 1871, died 12 Apr 1950)
Bishop of Baker City

Event Place
Birth Place Kilmacow, Diocese of Ossory, Ireland
Ordained Priest Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Ordained Bishop Saint James, Cathedral, Seattle, Diocese of Seattle, Washington

a priest for 54.3 years
a bishop for 31.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre †
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Edward John O’Dea †
Bishop of Seattle, Washington
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mathias Clement Lenihan †
Bishop of Great Falls, Montana
Bishop John Patrick Carroll †
Bishop of Helena, Montana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward Joseph Kelly † (1928)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert John Armstrong † (1929)
Bishop Joseph Michael Gilmore † (1936)
Bishop William Joseph Condon † (1939)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q6283198

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1919, Number 16
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 77
c1: CB, 11 May 2022

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