Archbishop Fulton John Sheen †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA

Titular Archbishop of Neoportus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 May 1895		Born
20 Sep 1919	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Peoria, Illinois, USA
28 May 1951	56.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
28 May 1951	56.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Caesariana
11 Jun 1951	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Caesariana
21 Oct 1966	71.4	Appointed	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
6 Oct 1969	74.4	Retired	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
6 Oct 1969	74.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Neoportus
9 Dec 1979	84.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA

MicroData Summary
Fulton John Sheen
Archbishop Fulton John Sheen
(born 8 May 1895, died 9 Dec 1979)
Bishop Emeritus of Rochester

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 El Paso, IL, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Ordained Priest Saint Mary's, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Ordained Bishop Santi Giovanni e Paulo, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, St. Patrick's, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Buried Place (Current) Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Chapel, St. Mary's, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois

a priest for 60.2 years
a bishop for 28.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Edmund Michael Dunne †
Bishop of Peoria, Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Bishop Martin John O’Connor †
Titular Bishop of Thespiae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. † (1960)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas John Feeney, S.J. † (1951)
Paul Cardinal Zoungrana, M. Afr. † (1960)
Jérôme Louis Cardinal Rakotomalala † (1960)
Bernard Cardinal Yago † (1960)
Bishop Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi † (1960)
Bishop Joseph Kilasara, C.S.Sp. † (1960)
Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery † (1960)
Bishop Joseph Mikararanga Busimba † (1960)
Bishop James Hagan, C.S.Sp. † (1960)
Bishop Aloysius Louis Scheerer, O.P. † (1960)
Bishop Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. † (1960)
Bishop Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. † (1960)
Bishop Renatus Lwamosa Butibubage † (1960)
Bishop Thomas William Muldoon † (1960)
Bishop François Xavier Rajaonarivo † (1960)
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. † (1961)
Archbishop Joseph Cheng Tien-siang (Zheng Tianxiang), O.P. † (1961)
Bishop Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I. † (1961)
Bishop Thomas Albert Newman, M.S. † (1961)
Archbishop Stanislaus Lokuang † (1961)
Bishop John Baptist Gobbato, P.I.M.E. † (1961)
Bishop Sebastian U Shwe Yauk † (1961)
Bishop Marie-Jean-Baptiste-Hippolyte Berlier, C.Ss.R. † (1961)
Bishop Angelo Cuniberti, I.M.C. † (1961)
Archbishop Francis Malachy Carroll, S.M.A. † (1961)
Bishop Peter Pao Zin Tou (Tou Pao-zin) † (1961)
Bishop William Zephyrine Gomes † (1961)
Bishop Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga, O.S.B. † (1961)
Bishop Caesar Gatimu † (1961)
Bishop John Edward Taylor, O.M.I. † (1962)
Bishop Ernest Anthony Bertrand Boland, O.P. † (1966)
Bishop Dennis Walter Hickey † (1968)
Bishop John Edgar McCafferty † (1968)
Bishop Joseph Lloyd Hogan † (1969)

Event	Place
Birth Place	El Paso, IL, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Ordained Priest	Saint Mary's, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Ordained Bishop	Santi Giovanni e Paulo, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, St. Patrick's, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Buried Place (Current)	Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Chapel, St. Mary's, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 947
Find a Grave (Cenotaph): 23114079
Vatican Library: 495/101896
VIAF: 44289057
WikiData: Q954398

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 54
beat: CB, 18 Nov 2019
~beat: CB, 3 Dec 2019
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 704, Ascendance
c3: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 91, Additions/Corrections (front)
c1: CB, 18 May 2022

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