Bishop Leo Thomas Maher †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jul 1915		Born
18 Dec 1943	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA
27 Jan 1962	46.5	Appointed	Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
5 Apr 1962	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
22 Aug 1969	54.1	Appointed	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
10 Jul 1990	75.0	Retired	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
23 Feb 1991	75.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA

MicroData Summary
Leo Thomas Maher
Bishop Leo Thomas Maher
(born 1 Jul 1915, died 23 Feb 1991)
Bishop Emeritus of San Diego

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

Event Place
Birth Place Mount Union, IA, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa
Ordained Priest San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Death Place San Diego, Diocese of San Diego, California
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross, Cemetery, San Diego, Diocese of San Diego, California

a priest for 47.1 years
a bishop for 28.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe †
Bishop of Stockton, California
Bishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle †
Titular Bishop of Bulla

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Bishop Michael Hughes Kenny † (1963)
Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo (1976)
Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone (1982)
Bishop John Patrick Dolan (1989)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gilbert Espinosa Chávez † (1974)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Phillip Francis Straling (1978)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mount Union, IA, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa
Ordained Priest	San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Bishop	Saint Mary, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Death Place	San Diego, Diocese of San Diego, California
Buried Place (Original)	Holy Cross, Cemetery, San Diego, Diocese of San Diego, California

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 73094157
WikiData: Q6524279

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 28
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 64, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1: CB, 20 May 2022

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