Bishop John Charles Reiss †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 May 1922		Born
31 May 1947	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
21 Oct 1967	45.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
21 Oct 1967	45.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Simidicca
12 Dec 1967	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Simidicca
11 Mar 1980	57.8	Appointed	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
22 Apr 1980	57.9	Installed	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
30 Jun 1997	75.1	Retired	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
4 Mar 2012	89.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary for John Charles Reiss
(VIAF: 63637041; WikiData: Q1651432)
Bishop John Charles Reiss (born 13 May 1922, died 4 Mar 2012) Bishop Emeritus of Trenton

Event Place
Birth Place Red Bank, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey
Ordained Priest Sainte Marie, Cathedral, Trenton, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey
Ordained Bishop Sainte Marie, Cathedral, Trenton, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey
Death Place
Buried Place (Original) Saint Mary's, Cemetery, Hamilton, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey

a priest for 64.7 years
a bishop for 44.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop William Aloysius Griffin †
Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop George William Ahr †
Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Walter William Curtis †
Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bishop James John Hogan †
Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop George William Ahr † (1950)
Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh † (1918)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Urban Kmiec † (1982)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Red Bank, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey
Ordained Priest	Sainte Marie, Cathedral, Trenton, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey
Ordained Bishop	Sainte Marie, Cathedral, Trenton, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey
Death Place
Buried Place (Original)	Saint Mary's, Cemetery, Hamilton, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey

Source(s):

d: CB, 4 Mar 2012
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 9 Feb 2018

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