Bishop John Ambrose Watterson †

Deceased

Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

Motto: Mors Christi Vita

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 May 1844		Born
9 Aug 1868	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Columbus, Ohio, USA
6 Apr 1880	35.8	Appointed	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
8 Aug 1880	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
17 Apr 1899	54.8	Died	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

MicroData Summary
John Ambrose Watterson
Bishop John Ambrose Watterson
(born 27 May 1844, died 17 Apr 1899)
Bishop of Columbus

Event Place
Birth Place Bairdstown, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest Latrobe, PA
Ordained Bishop St. Joseph, Cathedral, Columbus, Diocese of Columbus, Ohio
Death Place Columbus, Diocese of Columbus, Ohio
Buried Place (Original) Mount Calvary, Cemetery, Columbus, Diocese of Columbus, Ohio

a priest for 30.6 years
a bishop for 18.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Michael (Miguel) Domenec, C.M. †
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Henry Elder †
Titular Archbishop of Hauara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William George McCloskey †
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Bishop John Tuigg †
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Titular Archbishop of Hauara
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop James Joseph Hartley † (1882)
Bishop Francis William Howard † (1891)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph (James) Rademacher † (1883)
Bishop Thomas McGovern † (1888)
Bishop Thomas Sebastian Byrne † (1894)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 6883194
WikiData: Q6218896

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 216
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1880, Number 36
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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