Bishop Joseph Maria Pernicone †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade

Motto: Mihi Vivere Christus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Nov 1903		Born
18 Dec 1926	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of New York, New York, USA
6 Apr 1954	50.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
6 Apr 1954	50.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade
5 May 1954	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade
28 Nov 1978	75.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
11 Feb 1985	81.2	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

MicroData Summary
Joseph Maria Pernicone
Bishop Joseph Maria Pernicone
(born 4 Nov 1903, died 11 Feb 1985)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York

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 Regalbuto, Diocese of Nicosia, Italy
Ordained Priest New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Death Place Bronx

a priest for 58.1 years
a bishop for 30.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Joseph Dunn †
Titular Bishop of Camuliana
Principal Consecrator:
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Francis Flannelly †
Titular Bishop of Metelis
Bishop Edward Vincent Dargin †
Titular Bishop of Amphipolis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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:
Silvano Maria Cardinal Tomasi, C.S. (1965)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward Joseph Maginn † (1957)
Bishop Bernardino Nicola Mazzarella, O.F.M. † (1957)
Bishop Anthony Francis Mestice † (1973)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 215396157
WikiData: Q2115444

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 71, Additions/Corrections (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1954, Number 28
c1: CB, 18 May 2022

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