Bishop James Clifford Timlin †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Aug 1927		Born
16 Jul 1951	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
26 Jul 1976	48.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
26 Jul 1976	48.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gunugus
21 Sep 1976	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gunugus
24 Apr 1984	56.7	Appointed	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
7 Jun 1984	56.8	Installed	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
25 Jul 2003	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
9 Apr 2023	95.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
James Clifford Timlin
Bishop James Clifford Timlin
(born 5 Aug 1927, died 9 Apr 2023)
Bishop Emeritus of Scranton

Ad Limina - September 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - December 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Scranton, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Peter, Cathedral, Scranton, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Death Place Marywood Heights, Scranton, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Cemetery, Scranton, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania

a priest for 71.7 years
a bishop for 46.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Martin John O’Connor †
Titular Bishop of Thespiae
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick †
Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Raphael Quinn †
Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Bishop Stanley Joseph Ott †
Titular Bishop of Nicives

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick † (1947)
Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty † (1903)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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:
Bishop Jeffrey Joseph Walsh (1994)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Xavier DiLorenzo † (1988)
Bishop John Martin Dougherty † (1995)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Anthony Ferrario † (1978)
Bishop Joseph Charles Bambera (2010)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q977266

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 37, Number 2,258

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