Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

Motto: The Lord Is Near

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jun 1931		Born
16 Dec 1956	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA
8 Feb 1973	41.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
8 Feb 1973	41.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pomaria
3 Apr 1973	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pomaria
30 Jun 1979	48.0	Appointed	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
28 Aug 1979	48.1	Installed	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
16 May 2006	74.9	Retired	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
22 Dec 2015	84.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

MicroData Summary
Joseph Leopold Imesch
Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch
(born 21 Jun 1931, died 22 Dec 2015)
Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois

Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Grosse Pointe Farms, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Priest North American College, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Most Blessed Sacrament, Cathedral, Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan

a priest for 59.0 years
a bishop for 42.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Martin John O’Connor †
Titular Bishop of Thespiae
Principal Consecrator:
John Francis Cardinal Dearden †
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Walter Joseph Schoenherr †
Titular Bishop of Timidana
Bishop Thomas John Gumbleton †
Titular Bishop of Ululi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Francis Cardinal Dearden † (1948)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt (1974)
Bishop Donald Francis Hanchon (1974)
Bishop Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. (1978)
Bishop Joseph Mark Siegel (1988)
Bishop Dennis Edward Spies (2002)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Leo Ryan † (1981)
Bishop Roger Louis Kaffer † (1985)
Bishop James Edward Fitzgerald † (2002)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Mark Siegel (2010)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 316028511
WikiData: Q1263126

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 16 May 2006
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 22 Dec 2015
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 21, Number 1,167
c1: CB, 14 May 2022

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