Bishop James Jacob Schwebach †

Deceased

Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Aug 1847		Born
24 Jul 1869	21.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
16 Jun 1870	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
14 Dec 1891	44.3	Appointed	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
25 Feb 1892	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
6 Jun 1921	73.8	Died	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

MicroData Summary
James Jacob Schwebach
Bishop James Jacob Schwebach
(born 15 Aug 1847, died 6 Jun 1921)
Bishop of La Crosse

Event Place
Birth Place Platen, Vicariate Apostolic of Luxembourg
Ordained Priest St. Francis, Seminary, Milwaukee, Diocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ordained Bishop St. Joseph, Cathedral, La Crosse, Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin
Death Place La Crosse, Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin
Buried Place (Original) Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Saint Joseph the Workman, Cathedral, La Crosse, Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin

a priest for 50.9 years
a bishop for 29.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P. †
Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Frederick Francis Xavier Katzer †
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Janssen †
Bishop of Belleville, Illinois
Bishop Joseph Bernard Cotter †
Bishop of Winona, Minnesota

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Frederick Francis Xavier Katzer † (1886)
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Archbishop Michael Heiss † (1868)
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bishop John Martin Henni † (1844)
Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bishop John Baptist Purcell † (1833)
Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop James Whitfield † (1828)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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:
Archbishop Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C. † (1894)
Bishop Frederick (Fredrich Jacob) Eis † (1899)
Bishop Augustine Francis Schinner † (1905)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 46484395
WikiData: Q6142850

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 231
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1892, Number 6
c1: CB, 17 May 2022

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