Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri

Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

Motto: Auspice Maria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jan 1968		Born
23 Apr 1994	26.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
24 Jun 1995	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
13 Feb 2024	56.0	Appointed	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
7 May 2024	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

MicroData Summary
James Thomas Ruggieri
Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri
(born 12 Jan 1968)
Bishop of Portland

Event Place
Birth Place Providence, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island
Ordained Deacon Saint Mary Seminary and University, Chapel, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Ordained Priest Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Providence, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Portland, Diocese of Portland, Maine

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Portland.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Portland, Maine
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Louis Edward Gelineau †
Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island
Principal Consecrator:
Seán Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Robert Peter Deeley
Bishop Emeritus of Portland, Maine
Bishop Richard Garth Henning
Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Seán Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (1984)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Bishop Edward John Harper, C.Ss.R. † (1960)
Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands
Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart † (1943)
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Richard Francis Reidy (2025)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Providence, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island
Ordained Deacon	Saint Mary Seminary and University, Chapel, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Ordained Priest	Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Providence, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island
Ordained Bishop	Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Portland, Diocese of Portland, Maine

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q124518881

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 13 Feb 2024
ob: CB, 13 Feb 2024
c2+: CB, 22 Mar 2024
od/c01: CB, 12 Apr 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 260, Number 21,482

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