Archbishop James Whitfield †

Deceased

Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Apostolic Administrator of Richmond, Virginia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1770		Born
24 Jul 1809	38.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
1828²	57.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Richmond, Virginia, USA
8 Jan 1828	57.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
8 Jan 1828	57.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Apollonia
29 Jan 1828	57.2	Succeeded	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
25 May 1828	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
19 Oct 1834	63.9	Died	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for James Whitfield
(VIAF: 12195619; WikiData: Q3806761)
Archbishop James Whitfield (born 3 Nov 1770, died 19 Oct 1834) Archbishop of Baltimore

Event Place
Birth Place Liverpool, Great Britain
Ordained Priest Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon, France
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Death Place Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland

a priest for 25.2 years
a bishop for 6.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Claude Simon †
Bishop of Grenoble
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. †
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henry Conwell †
Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bishop John Dubois, P.S.S. †
Bishop of New York, New York

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Deacon:
Father John McCaffrey † (1831)
Ordained Priest:
Father Henry Benedict Coskery † (1834)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Baptist Purcell † (1833)
Archbishop Samuel Eccleston, P.S.S. † (1834)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Liverpool, Great Britain
Ordained Priest	Lyon, Archdiocese of Lyon, France
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Death Place	Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 81, and Page 104
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1828, Number 22
c1: CB, 11 May 2022

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