James Francis Cardinal Stafford

Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jul 1932		Born
15 Dec 1957	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
11 Jan 1976	43.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
11 Jan 1976	43.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Respecta
29 Feb 1976	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Respecta
17 Nov 1982	50.3	Appointed	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
3 Jun 1986	53.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
30 Jul 1986	54.0	Installed	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
20 Aug 1996	64.0	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
21 Feb 1998	65.5	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 1998	65.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Ges� Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
2 May 1998	65.7	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Ges� Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
4 Oct 2003	71.1	Appointed	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
1 Mar 2008	75.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
25 May 2008	75.8	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio
2 Jun 2009	76.8	Retired	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

MicroData Summary for James Francis Stafford
(VIAF: 25710649; WikiData: Q451478)
James Francis Cardinal Stafford (born 26 Jul 1932) Major Penitentiary Emeritus of Apostolic Penitentiary

Consistory - 1998: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ordained Bishop Mary Our Queen, Cathedral, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Please contact the Cardinal through the Apostolic Penitentiary.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Martin John O’Connor †
Titular Bishop of Thespiae
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Donald Borders †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Lawrence Joseph Cardinal Shehan †
Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Thomas Austin Murphy †
Titular Bishop of Appiaria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Donald Borders † (1968)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Daniel Mark (Marcus George) Buechlein, O.S.B. † (1987)
Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. (1988)
Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv. (2006)
Bishop Antoni Stankiewicz † (2006)
Raffaele Cardinal Farina, S.D.B. (2006)
Bishop Jorge Humberto Rodr�guez-Novelo (2016)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ordained Bishop	Mary Our Queen, Cathedral, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 1 Mar 2008
r: Bollettino, 2 Jun 2009
i: Bollettino, 29 Apr 1998
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117
ob/c2 : Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 34, Number 2,100

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