Bishop James Thomas O’Dowd †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA

Titular Bishop of Cea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Aug 1907		Born
4 Jun 1932	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA
22 May 1948	40.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
22 May 1948	40.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cea
29 Jun 1948	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cea
4 Feb 1950³	42.5	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for James Thomas O’Dowd
(WikiData: Q11716799)
Bishop James Thomas O’Dowd (born 4 Aug 1907, died 4 Feb 1950) Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco

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 Suisun, CA, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross Catholic, Cemetery, Colma, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California

a priest for 17.6 years
a bishop for 1.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty †
Titular Archbishop of Aegina
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Arthur Connolly †
Titular Bishop of Sila
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

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	Suisun, CA, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Buried Place (Original)	Holy Cross Catholic, Cemetery, Colma, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 73
c1: CB, 20 May 2022

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