Bishop Alfred James Jolson, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jun 1928		Born
1 Feb 1946	17.6	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
14 Jun 1958	29.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Feb 1963	34.6	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
12 Dec 1987	59.4	Appointed	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
6 Feb 1988	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
21 Mar 1994	65.7	Died	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland

MicroData Summary for Alfred James Jolson
(WikiData: Q1397084)
Bishop Alfred James Jolson S.J. (born 18 Jun 1928, died 21 Mar 1994) Bishop of Reykjavik

Event Place
Birth Place Bridgeport, CT, Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Ordained Priest Weston, Chapel, Weston, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ordained Bishop Krists Konungs, Cathedral, Reykjavik, Diocese of Reykjavik
Death Place Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Buried Place (Original) Domkirkja Krists Konungs, Cemetery, Reykjavik, Diocese of Reykjavik

a priest for 35.7 years
a bishop for 6.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Richard James Cushing †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Consecrator:
John Joseph Cardinal O’Connor †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Verschuren, S.C.I. †
Bishop of Helsinki
Bishop Walter William Curtis †
Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Joseph Cardinal O’Connor † (1979)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bridgeport, CT, Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Ordained Priest	Weston, Chapel, Weston, MA, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ordained Bishop	Krists Konungs, Cathedral, Reykjavik, Diocese of Reykjavik
Death Place	Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Buried Place (Original)	Domkirkja Krists Konungs, Cemetery, Reykjavik, Diocese of Reykjavik

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 107, Number 9,434
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 111, Number 9,802
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 159, Deceased Cardinals (back)
loc: CB, 17 Sep 2019
c1: CB, 22 May 2022

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