Bishop George Leo Leech [Catholic-Hierarchy] (original) (raw)

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Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Titular Bishop of Allegheny

Events

Date Age Event Title
21 May 1890 Born
29 May 1920 30.0 Ordained Priest Priest
6 Jul 1935 45.1 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
6 Jul 1935 45.1 Appointed Titular Bishop of Mela
17 Oct 1935 45.4 Ordained Bishop Titular Bishop of Mela
19 Dec 1935 45.5 Appointed Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
19 Oct 1971 81.4 Retired Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
19 Oct 1971 81.4 Appointed Titular Bishop of Allegheny
12 Mar 1985 94.8 Died Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary for George Leo Leech
(VIAF: 71015103; WikiData: Q5541463)
Bishop George Leo Leech(born 21 May 1890, died 12 Mar 1985)Bishop Emeritusof Harrisburg

Event Place
Birth Place Ashley, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place Harrisburg, Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross, Cemetery, Swatara Township, Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
a priest for 64.7 yearsa bishop for 49.4 years Ordained Priest by:Archbishop Dennis Joseph Dougherty †Archbishop of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPrincipal Consecrator:Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty †Archbishop of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPrincipal Co-Consecrators:Bishop Thomas Charles O’Reilly †Bishop of Scranton, PennsylvaniaBishop James Hugh Ryan †Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty † (1903)Archbishop of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFrancesco 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 C�rdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus Archbishop Enrico Enr�quez † (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 Principal Consecrator of:Bishop Lawrence Frederik Schott † (1956)Bishop Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R. † (1966)Principal Co-Consecrator of:Bishop Hugh Louis Lamb † (1936)Archbishop Martin John O’Connor † (1943)Bishop Henry Theophilus Klonowski † (1947)Bishop Jaime Ant�nio Schuck, O.F.M. † (1959)Bishop Joseph Thomas Daley † (1964)Bishop John Joseph Graham † (1964)Bishop Urban Eugen McGarry, T.O.R. † (1965)Bishop Cyril John Vogel † (1965)

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