Bishop James Edwin Cassidy †

Deceased

Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1869		Born
8 Sep 1898	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
21 Mar 1930	60.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
21 Mar 1930	60.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ibora
27 May 1930	60.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ibora
3 Oct 1930	61.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
13 Jul 1934	64.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
28 Jul 1934	64.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
17 May 1951	81.7	Died	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary for James Edwin Cassidy
(VIAF: 224159474047427660378; WikiData: Q6133392)
Bishop James Edwin Cassidy (born 1 Aug 1869, died 17 May 1951) Bishop of Fall River

Event Place
Birth Place Woonsocket, RI, Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut
Ordained Priest Providence, RI, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral, Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
Death Place Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts

a priest for 52.6 years
a bishop for 20.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Matthew A. Harkins †
Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pietro Fumasoni Biondi †
Titular Archbishop of Doclea
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph John Rice †
Bishop of Burlington, Vermont
Bishop George Albert Guertin †
Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pietro Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Titular Archbishop of Doclea
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros † (1946)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Frederick Anthony Donaghy, M.M. † (1939)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Francis Patrick Keough † (1934)
Archbishop William Otterwell Brady † (1939)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Woonsocket, RI, Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut
Ordained Priest	Providence, RI, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island
Ordained Bishop	Saint Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral, Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
Death Place	Fall River, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1930, Number 32
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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