Bishop John Francis Greif, M.H.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of Tororo, Uganda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Sep 1897		Born
16 Jul 1922	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
10 May 1951	53.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Tororo, Uganda
10 May 1951	53.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Belabitene
25 Jul 1951	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Belabitene
25 Mar 1953	55.5	Appointed	Bishop of Tororo, Uganda
17 Aug 1968	70.9	Died	Bishop of Tororo, Uganda

MicroData Summary
John Francis Greif
Bishop John Francis Greif M.H.M.
(born 23 Sep 1897, died 17 Aug 1968)
Bishop of Tororo

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Meltina, Diocese of Trento, Italy
Ordained Bishop Nagangera, Vicariate Apostolic of Kampala

a priest for 46.0 years
a bishop for 17.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop David James Mathew †
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Reesinck, M.H.M. †
Titular Bishop of Thinis
Bishop Vincent Billington, M.H.M. †
Titular Bishop of Avissa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop James Odongo † (1965)
Bishop Karl (Charles) Reiterer, M.H.M. † (1967)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q57264534

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 72

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