Bishop John Louis Morkovsky †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Aug 1909		Born
5 Dec 1933	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA
22 Dec 1955	46.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
22 Dec 1955	46.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hieron
22 Feb 1956	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hieron
18 Aug 1958	49.0	Appointed	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
16 Apr 1963	53.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
16 Apr 1963	53.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tigava
22 Apr 1975	65.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
21 Aug 1984	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
24 Mar 1990	80.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

MicroData Summary for John Louis Morkovsky
(VIAF: 84459609; WikiData: Q6245344)
Bishop John Louis Morkovsky (born 16 Aug 1909, died 24 Mar 1990) Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston

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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 Praha, TX

a priest for 56.3 years
a bishop for 34.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mariano Simon Garriga †
Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas
Bishop Sidney Matthew Metzger †
Bishop of El Paso, Texas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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:
Bishop Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B. (1966)
Bishop George Arthur Sheltz † (1971)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Vincent Madeley Harris † (1966)
Bishop John Edward McCarthy † (1979)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini † (1957)
Bishop Thomas Joseph Drury † (1962)
Bishop John Joseph Cassata † (1968)
Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores † (1970)
Bishop Bernard James Ganter † (1973)
Archbishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza † (1979)
Bishop Leroy Theodore Matthiesen † (1980)
Bishop Charles Victor Grahmann † (1981)
Bishop Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B. (1981)
Bishop Bernard Ferdinand Popp † (1983)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125
ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 14

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