Archbishop Mathias Clement Lenihan †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Montana, USA

Titular Archbishop of Preslavus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Oct 1854		Born
20 Dec 1879	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
20 May 1904	49.6	Appointed	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA
21 Sep 1904	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA
9 Nov 1904	50.0	Installed	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA
14 Feb 1930	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA
14 Feb 1930	75.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus
19 Aug 1943³	88.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Montana, USA

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Mathias Clement Lenihan
(VIAF: 46110275; WikiData: Q6787095)
Archbishop Mathias Clement Lenihan (born 6 Oct 1854, died 19 Aug 1943) Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls

Event Place
Birth Place Dubuque, Diocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Ordained Priest Montr�al, Diocese of Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada
Ordained Bishop Saint Raphael, Cathedral, Dubuque, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Death Place Dubuque, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa

a priest for 63.6 years
a bishop for 38.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop �douard-Charles Fabre †
Bishop of Montr�al, Qu�bec
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Keane †
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James John Keane †
Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming
Bishop Joseph Bernard Cotter †
Bishop of Winona, Minnesota

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph Keane † (1878)
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Archbishop James Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, 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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Joseph Davis † (1904)
Bishop Daniel Mary Gorman † (1918)
Bishop Joseph Francis McGrath † (1919)
Bishop Edward Joseph Kelly † (1928)
Bishop Robert John Armstrong † (1929)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Dubuque, Diocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Ordained Priest	Montr�al, Diocese of Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada
Ordained Bishop	Saint Raphael, Cathedral, Dubuque, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Death Place	Dubuque, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations �piscopales, Year 1904, Number 47
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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