Bishop Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China

Titular Bishop of Oreus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Mar 1877		Born
1892	14.7	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
18 Jan 1900	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
17 Jul 1925	48.3	Appointed	Prefect of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
10 Jun 1930	53.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China
30 Jun 1930	53.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Oreus
17 Sep 1930	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Oreus
25 Oct 1940	63.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang], China

MicroData Summary for Sylvester Joseph Espelage
(WikiData: Q16075095)
Bishop Sylvester Joseph Espelage O.F.M. (born 24 Mar 1877, died 25 Oct 1940) Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang]

Event Place
Birth Place Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Ordained Priest Oldenburg, IN
Ordained Bishop Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Death Place Wuchang, Vicariate Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang]

a priest for 40.7 years
a bishop for 10.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Camillus Paul Maes †
Bishop of Covington, Kentucky
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Albert Thomas Daeger, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini, O.F.M. †
Titular Archbishop of Rhusium
Bishop Pierre-Henri-Noël Gubbels, O.F.M. †
Titular Bishop of Attuda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Albert Thomas Daeger, O.F.M. † (1919)
Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Archbishop John Baptist Pitaval † (1902)
Titular Archbishop of Amida
Archbishop Peter Bourgade (Bougarde) † (1885)
Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Archbishop John Baptist Lamy † (1850)
Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Giacinto Gaudenzio Stanchi, O.F.M. † (1933)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. † (1932)
Archbishop Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. † (1932)
Assisted:
Bishop Raffaele Angelo Palazzi, O.F.M. † (1928)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Ordained Priest	Oldenburg, IN
Ordained Bishop	Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Death Place	Wuchang, Vicariate Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang]

Source(s):

c2: JPG
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1930, Number 60
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 31 Dec 2019
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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