Bishop Francis Raymond Shea †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Evansville, Indiana, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Dec 1913		Born
19 Mar 1939	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
1 Dec 1969	55.9	Appointed	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA
3 Feb 1970	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA
11 Mar 1989	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA
18 Aug 1994	80.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Evansville, Indiana, USA

MicroData Summary
Francis Raymond Shea
Bishop Francis Raymond Shea
(born 4 Dec 1913, died 18 Aug 1994)
Bishop Emeritus of Evansville

Event Place
Birth Place Knoxville, TN, Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Benedict, Church, Evansville, Diocese of Evansville, Indiana

a priest for 55.4 years
a bishop for 24.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ralph Leo Hayes †
Titular Bishop of Hieropolis
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi †
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop George Joseph Biskup †
Archbishop of Indianapolis, Indiana
Bishop Joseph Aloysius Durick †
Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Daniel Niedergeses † (1975)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2040042

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 9 Feb 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 359

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