Bishop George James Rassas

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Titular Bishop of Reperi

Motto: Tene Clavum Fidei

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 May 1942		Born
2 May 1968	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 Dec 2005	63.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 Dec 2005	63.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Reperi
2 Feb 2006	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Reperi
3 Jul 2018	76.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

MicroData Summary
George James Rassas
Bishop George James Rassas
(born 26 May 1942)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chicago

Ad Limina - February 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - December 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland
Ordained Priest Saint Mary of the Lake, Seminary, Mundelein, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Bishop Holy Name, Cathedral, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Chicago.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
John Patrick Cardinal Cody †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
Francis Eugene Cardinal George, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gerald Frederick Kicanas
Bishop of Tucson, Arizona
Bishop José Antonio Eguren Anselmi
Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francis Eugene Cardinal George, O.M.I. † (1990)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan † (1976)
Titular Archbishop of Amiternum
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ronald Aldon Hicks (2018)
Bishop Mark Andrew Bartosic (2018)
Archbishop Robert Gerald Casey (2018)
Archbishop Michael George McGovern (2020)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland
Ordained Priest	Saint Mary of the Lake, Seminary, Mundelein, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Bishop	Holy Name, Cathedral, Chicago, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1508137

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 1 Dec 2005
ob: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 184, Number 15,049
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 223, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 3 Jul 2018
op.loc: CB, 24 Oct 2022

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