Bishop John Henry Tihen †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Denver, Colorado, USA

Titular Bishop of Bosana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jul 1861		Born
26 Apr 1886	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
1888²	26.4	Incardinated	Priest of Wichita, Kansas, USA
12 May 1911	49.8	Appointed	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
6 Jul 1911	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
21 Sep 1917	56.1	Appointed	Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
21 Dec 1917	56.4	Installed	Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
6 Jan 1931	69.4	Resigned	Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
6 Jan 1931	69.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bosana
14 Jan 1940	78.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Denver, Colorado, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for John Henry Tihen
(WikiData: Q6238957)
Bishop John Henry Tihen (born 14 Jul 1861, died 14 Jan 1940) Bishop Emeritus of Denver

Event Place
Birth Place Oldenburg, IN, Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana
Ordained Priest St. Louis, Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri
Ordained Bishop Pro-Cathedral, Wichita, Diocese of Wichita, Kansas
Death Place Wichita, Diocese of Wichita, Kansas
Buried Place (Original) Mount OIivet, Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Diocese of Denver, Colorado

a priest for 53.7 years
a bishop for 28.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick †
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Joseph Hennessy †
Bishop of Wichita, Kansas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nicholas Chrysostom Matz †
Bishop of Denver, Colorado
Bishop Richard Scannell †
Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Joseph Hennessy † (1888)
Bishop of Wichita, Kansas
Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick † (1841)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (1824)
Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (1815)
Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Hubert Michael Newell † (1930)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Albert Thomas Daeger, O.F.M. † (1919)
Bishop Francis Joseph Tief † (1921)
Bishop Augustus John Schwertner † (1921)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Oldenburg, IN, Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana
Ordained Priest	St. Louis, Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri
Ordained Bishop	Pro-Cathedral, Wichita, Diocese of Wichita, Kansas
Death Place	Wichita, Diocese of Wichita, Kansas
Buried Place (Original)	Mount OIivet, Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Diocese of Denver, Colorado

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1911, Number 56
c1: CB, 17 May 2022

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