Archbishop John Gordon †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jul 1912		Born
7 Mar 1936	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Feb 1962	49.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
10 Feb 1962	49.5	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Thailand and the Malacca Peninsula
24 Jun 1962	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
27 Feb 1965	52.5	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Northern Africa
19 Aug 1967	55.0	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa
19 Aug 1967	55.0	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho
11 Aug 1971	59.0	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India
11 Jun 1976	63.8	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands
Nov 1978³	66.2	Resigned	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands
30 Jan 1981	68.5	Died	Apostolic Nuncio

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
John Gordon
Archbishop John Gordon
(born 25 Jul 1912, died 30 Jan 1981)
Apostolic Nuncio

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Clare Castle, Diocese of Killaloe, Ireland
Ordained Bishop College de la Propagande, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 44.8 years
a bishop for 18.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Bishop Patrick Joseph Dunne †
Titular Bishop of Nara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. † (1968)
Bishop Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap. † (1972)
Bishop Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B. † (1973)
Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza † (1974)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 193828646
WikiData: Q16009578

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 86
ab/xxth: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 188

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