Bishop Francis Augustine Thill †

Deceased

Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA

Motto: Religionis Augmentum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Oct 1893		Born
28 Feb 1920	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
24 Aug 1938	44.8	Appointed	Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA
28 Oct 1938	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA
15 Nov 1938	45.0	Installed	Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, USA
21 May 1957	63.6	Died	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA

MicroData Summary
Francis Augustine Thill
Bishop Francis Augustine Thill
(born 12 Oct 1893, died 21 May 1957)
Bishop of Salina

Event Place
Birth Place Dayton, OH, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Ordained Bishop St. Monica, Cathedral, Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Death Place Salina, Diocese of Salina, Kansas
Buried Place (Original) Mt. Calvary, Cemetery, Salina, Diocese of Salina, Kansas

a priest for 37.2 years
a bishop for 18.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Henry K. Moeller †
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. †
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francis Joseph Beckman †
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Bishop Urban John Vehr †
Bishop of Denver, Colorado

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † (1918)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Tommaso Pio Cardinal Boggiani, O.P. † (1908)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. † (1946)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 40639321
WikiData: Q5480046

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 85

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