Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Cool stuff

This is an interesting find (via Spirit's Sword). You can look up the ordination and Episcopal lineage information on the bishops around the world. Here is Bishop Michael Patrick Driscoll [Catholic-Hierarchy]
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

* Bishop Michael Patrick Driscoll (1990)
* Bishop Norman Francis McFarland (1970)
* Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken † (1941)
* Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell † (1917)
* Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna † (1912)
* Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
* Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
* Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
* Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
* Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
* Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
* Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
* Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
* Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
* Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
* Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
* Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
* Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
* Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
* Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
* Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
* Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
* Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
* Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
* Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
And interestingly enough, it seems that 90% of Roman Catholic bishops trace back to Cardinal Rebiba. And certainly from there back to the Apostles.

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