Bishop John Bernard McDowell †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Titular Bishop of Tamazuca

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jul 1921		Born
4 Nov 1945	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
19 Jul 1966	45.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
19 Jul 1966	45.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tamazuca
8 Sep 1966	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tamazuca
9 Sep 1996	75.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
25 Feb 2010	88.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
John Bernard McDowell
Bishop John Bernard McDowell
(born 17 Jul 1921, died 25 Feb 2010)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh

Event Place
Birth Place New Castle, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest Latrobe, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Saint Paul, Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death Place UPMC Passavant, Hospital, Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original) Calvary, Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

a priest for 64.3 years
a bishop for 43.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Hugh Charles Boyle †
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Joseph Wright †
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Graham Connare †
Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Bishop Vincent Martin Leonard †
Titular Bishop of Arsacal

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Joseph Wright † (1947)
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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

Ordained Priest:
Seán Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (1970)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony Gerard Bosco † (1970)
Bishop Norbert Felix Gaughan † (1975)
Bishop William Joseph Winter (1989)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 57851249
WikiData: Q934907

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 9 Feb 2018

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