Bishop Ernest John Primeau †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Sep 1909		Born
7 Apr 1934	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
27 Nov 1959	50.1	Appointed	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
25 Feb 1960	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
30 Jan 1974	64.3	Resigned	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
15 Jun 1989	79.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

MicroData Summary
Ernest John Primeau
Bishop Ernest John Primeau
(born 17 Sep 1909, died 15 Jun 1989)
Bishop Emeritus of Manchester

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 Chicago, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Bishop Holy Name, Cathedral, Chicago, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place Manchester, Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire
Buried Place (Original) Saint Joseph, Cemetery, Bedford, NH, Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire

a priest for 55.1 years
a bishop for 29.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
George William Cardinal Mundelein †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Martin Dewey McNamara †
Bishop of Joliet in Illinois
Bishop Raymond Peter Hillinger †
Titular Bishop of Derbe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer † (1946)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley † (1934)
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Francis Joseph Christian (1968)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Odore Joseph Gendron † (1975)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell † (1960)
Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo † (1960)
Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette † (1965)
Bishop Mark Joseph Hurley † (1968)
Bishop Alfred Leo Abramowicz † (1968)
Bishop Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey † (1968)
Bishop Robert Edward Mulvee † (1977)
Bishop Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. † (1986)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 140701520
VIAF: 9165151595794505470002
WikiData: Q2039789

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 8

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