Archbishop John Joseph Myers †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jul 1941		Born
17 Dec 1966	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Peoria, Illinois, USA
7 Jul 1987	45.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
3 Sep 1987	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
23 Jan 1990	48.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
24 Jul 2001	59.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
9 Oct 2001	60.2	Installed	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
9 Oct 2001	60.2	Appointed	Superior of Turks and Caicos, Antilles
7 Nov 2016	75.2	Retired	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
7 Nov 2016	75.2	Retired	Superior of Turks and Caicos, Antilles
24 Sep 2020	79.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary for John Joseph Myers
(VIAF: 18795375; WikiData: Q1638264)
Archbishop John Joseph Myers (born 26 Jul 1941, died 24 Sep 2020) Archbishop Emeritus of Newark

Ad Limina - September 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - December 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Ottawa, IL
Ordained Bishop St. Mary, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Death Place Ottawa, IL
Buried Place (Original) Bishops' Sepulchre, St. Mary, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois

a priest for 53.7 years
a bishop for 33.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Francis Frederick Reh †
Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Edward William O’Rourke †
Bishop of Peoria, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. †
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Bishop Donald William Wuerl
Titular Bishop of Rossmarkaeum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edward William O’Rourke † (1971)
Bishop of Peoria, Illinois
John Patrick Cardinal Cody † (1947)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Joseph Elmer Ritter † (1933)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana
Archbishop Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1892)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. (2003)
Bishop Gaetano Aldo (Thomas) Donato † (2004)
Bishop John Walter Flesey (2004)
Bishop Manuel Aurelio Cruz (2008)
Bishop James Francis Checchio (2016)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv. (2007)
Bishop David Michael O’Connell, C.M. (2010)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ottawa, IL
Ordained Bishop	St. Mary, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Death Place	Ottawa, IL
Buried Place (Original)	Bishops' Sepulchre, St. Mary, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 105, Number 9,153
r: Bollettino, 7 Nov 2016
d: CB, 24 Sep 2020
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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