Bishop Bernard Joseph John McQuaid †

Deceased

Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Dec 1823		Born
16 Jan 1848	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of New York, New York, USA
3 Mar 1868	44.2	Appointed	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
12 Jul 1868	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
18 Jan 1909	85.0	Died	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA

MicroData Summary
Bernard Joseph John McQuaid
Bishop Bernard Joseph John McQuaid
(born 15 Dec 1823, died 18 Jan 1909)
Bishop of Rochester

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place New York, Diocese of New York, New York
Ordained Priest New York, Diocese of New York, New York
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick's (Mott St), Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Death Place Rochester, Diocese of Rochester, New York
Buried Place (Original) Holy Sepulchre, Cemetery, Rochester, Diocese of Rochester, New York

a priest for 61.0 years
a bishop for 40.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Joseph Hughes †
Bishop of New York, New York
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John McCloskey †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley †
Bishop of Newark, New Jersey
Bishop Louis Joseph Mary Theodore de Goesbriand †
Bishop of Burlington, Vermont

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Denis Mary Bradley † (1871)
Bishop Charles Henry Colton † (1876)
Archbishop Thomas Francis Hickey † (1884)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Winand Michael Wigger † (1881)
Bishop Patrick Anthony Ludden † (1887)
Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell † (1892)
Bishop Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke † (1894)
Bishop James Augustine McFaul † (1894)
Archbishop James Edward Quigley † (1897)
Bishop Charles Henry Colton † (1903)
Archbishop Thomas Francis Hickey † (1905)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 23751430
VIAF: 13105307
WikiData: Q4893292

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 484
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1868, Number 24
c1: CB, 18 May 2022

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