Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Sep 1926		Born
28 Feb 1953	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12 Apr 1976	49.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
12 Apr 1976	49.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Taparura
11 Jun 1976	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Taparura
28 Jan 1992	65.3	Appointed	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
31 May 2002	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
24 Apr 2023	96.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA

MicroData Summary for Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon
(WikiData: Q119207)
Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon (born 20 Sep 1926, died 24 Apr 2023) Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville

Event Place
Birth Place Cleveland, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio
Ordained Bishop St. John the Evangelist, Cathedral, Cleveland, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio

a priest for 70.1 years
a bishop for 46.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Edward Francis Hoban †
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Aloysius Hickey †
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Louis Bernardin †
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Bishop Clarence George Issenmann †
Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Aloysius Hickey † (1967)
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Archbishop John Francis Dearden † (1948)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alexander James Quinn † (1983)
Bishop Roger Joseph Foys (2002)
Bishop Robert Daniel Conlon (2002)

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1976, Number 59
d: CB, 25 Apr 2023

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