Bishop Henry Joseph Richter †

Deceased

Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Apr 1838		Born
10 Jun 1865	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
30 Jan 1883	44.8	Appointed	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
22 Apr 1883	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
26 Dec 1916	78.7	Died	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary for Henry Joseph Richter
(VIAF: 81918838; WikiData: Q5727542)
Bishop Henry Joseph Richter (born 9 Apr 1838, died 26 Dec 1916) Bishop of Grand Rapids

Event Place
Birth Place Neuenkirchen, Diocese of Münster, Germany
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Grand Rapids, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Death Place Grand Rapids, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan

a priest for 51.5 years
a bishop for 33.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro †
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Henry Elder †
Titular Archbishop of Hauara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess †
Bishop of Detroit, Michigan
Bishop William George McCloskey †
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Titular Archbishop of Hauara
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
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 Priest:
Bishop Edward Kozlowski † (1887)
Archbishop Joseph Schrembs † (1889)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Joseph Schrembs † (1911)
Bishop Michael James Gallagher † (1915)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C. † (1894)
Archbishop Henry Moeller † (1900)
Bishop Edward Denis Kelly † (1911)
Bishop Edward Kozlowski † (1914)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Neuenkirchen, Diocese of Münster, Germany
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Grand Rapids, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Death Place	Grand Rapids, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 290
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1883, Number 14
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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