Bishop James Whelan, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jun 1823³		Born
29 Jun 1840	17.0	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
2 Aug 1846	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
28 Jan 1859	35.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
28 Jan 1859	35.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Marcopolis
8 May 1859	35.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Marcopolis
21 Feb 1860	36.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
23 Sep 1863	40.2	Resigned	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
12 Feb 1864	40.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina
18 Feb 1878	54.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for James Whelan
(WikiData: Q6145383)
Bishop James Whelan O.P. (born 8 Jun 1823, died 18 Feb 1878) Bishop Emeritus of Nashville

Event Place
Birth Place Scaehan Windgap, County Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory, Ireland
Ordained Priest Somerset, OH, Diocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Saint Louis, Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri
Death Place Zanesville, OH

a priest for 31.5 years
a bishop for 18.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Baptist Purcell †
Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick †
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Baptiste Miège, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Messene
Bishop Henry Damian Juncker †
Bishop of Alton, Illinois

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Scaehan Windgap, County Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory, Ireland
Ordained Priest	Somerset, OH, Diocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Saint Louis, Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri
Death Place	Zanesville, OH

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 246, and Page 366
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 402
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1859, Number 21
c1: CB, 18 May 2022

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