Bishop George Leo Leech †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Titular Bishop of Allegheny

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 May 1890		Born
29 May 1920	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Jul 1935	45.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
6 Jul 1935	45.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mela
17 Oct 1935	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mela
19 Dec 1935	45.5	Appointed	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
19 Oct 1971	81.4	Retired	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
19 Oct 1971	81.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Allegheny
12 Mar 1985	94.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary for George Leo Leech
(VIAF: 71015103; WikiData: Q5541463)
Bishop George Leo Leech (born 21 May 1890, died 12 Mar 1985) Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg

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Event Place
Birth Place Ashley, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place Harrisburg, Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross, Cemetery, Swatara Township, Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

a priest for 64.7 years
a bishop for 49.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Dennis Joseph Dougherty †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Charles O’Reilly †
Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Bishop James Hugh Ryan †
Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Lawrence Frederik Schott † (1956)
Bishop Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R. † (1966)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Hugh Louis Lamb † (1936)
Archbishop Martin John O’Connor † (1943)
Bishop Henry Theophilus Klonowski † (1947)
Bishop Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. † (1959)
Bishop Joseph Thomas Daley † (1964)
Bishop John Joseph Graham † (1964)
Bishop Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R. † (1965)
Bishop Cyril John Vogel † (1965)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ashley, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop	Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place	Harrisburg, Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original)	Holy Cross, Cemetery, Swatara Township, Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1935, Number 80

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