Bishop John Claude Neraz †

Deceased

Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jan 1828		Born
19 Mar 1853	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Galveston, Texas, USA
18 Feb 1881	53.0	Appointed	Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
8 May 1881	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
1887²	58.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Brownsville, Texas, USA
25 Jul 1890	62.5	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Brownsville, Texas, USA
15 Nov 1894	66.8	Died	Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
John Claude Neraz
Bishop John Claude Neraz
(born 12 Jan 1828, died 15 Nov 1894)
Bishop of San Antonio

Event Place
Birth Place Anse, France
Ordained Bishop San Fernando, Cathedral, San Antonio, Diocese of San Antonio, Texas
Death Place San Antonio, Diocese of San Antonio, Texas

a priest for 41.6 years
a bishop for 13.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jean-Marie (John Mary) Odin, C.M. †
Bishop of Galveston, Texas
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Edward Fitzgerald †
Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Dominic Manucy †
Titular Bishop of Dulma
Bishop Claude Marie Dubuis †
Bishop of Galveston, Texas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edward Fitzgerald † (1867)
Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas
Archbishop John Baptist Purcell † (1833)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop James Whitfield † (1828)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Nicholas Aloysius Gallagher † (1882)
Bishop Anthony Durier † (1885)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 78041899
WikiData: Q6226257

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 111
c1: CB, 26 Feb 2015
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1881, Number 15

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