Bishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jul 1908		Born
10 Jun 1933	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA
24 Aug 1950	42.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
24 Aug 1950	42.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bulla
21 Sep 1950	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bulla
12 Nov 1969	61.3	Appointed	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
13 Jan 1970	61.4	Installed	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
4 Sep 1979	71.1	Resigned	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
20 Nov 1981	73.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA

MicroData Summary
Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle
Bishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle
(born 15 Jul 1908, died 20 Nov 1981)
Bishop Emeritus of Stockton

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

Event Place
Birth Place San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Priest San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Death Place Stockton, Diocese of Stockton, California

a priest for 48.4 years
a bishop for 31.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Joseph Sweeney †
Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii
Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe †
Titular Bishop of Taium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph Mitty † (1926)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes † (1914)
Archbishop of New York, New York
John Murphy Cardinal Farley † (1895)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Harry Anselm Clinch † (1957)
Bishop Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. † (1961)
Bishop Leo Thomas Maher † (1962)
Bishop Norman Francis McFarland † (1970)

Event	Place
Birth Place	San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Priest	San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Bishop	Saint Mary, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Death Place	Stockton, Diocese of Stockton, California

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q6819778

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 72
c1: CB, 20 May 2022

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