Archbishop James Hugh Ryan †

Deceased

Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Motto: Dominus Illuminatio Mea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Dec 1886		Born
5 Jun 1909	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
12 Jul 1928²	41.5	Appointed	Rector of the Catholic University of America
15 Aug 1933	46.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Modra
25 Oct 1933	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Modra
3 Aug 1935	48.6	Appointed	Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
28 Jul 1945	58.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
23 Nov 1947	60.9	Died	Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
James Hugh Ryan
Archbishop James Hugh Ryan
(born 15 Dec 1886, died 23 Nov 1947)
Archbishop of Omaha

Event Place
Birth Place Indianapolis, Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, National, Shrine, Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Death Place Omaha, Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska
Buried Place (Original) Calvary, Cemetery, Omaha, Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska

a priest for 38.4 years
a bishop for 14.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Pietro Cardinal Respighi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Chartrand †
Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Edmund Molloy †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Bishop Joseph Elmer Ritter †
Titular Bishop of Hippos

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana
Archbishop Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1892)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Archbishop Daniel Eugene Sheehan † (1942)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop George Leo Leech † (1935)
Bishop Peter Leo Ireton † (1935)
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hunkeler † (1945)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 95473345
Vatican Library: 495/128494
VIAF: 93869721
WikiData: Q6136371

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1933, Number 72
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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