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Most Rev. John J. Monaghan

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His Excellency

Most Rev. John J. Monaghan

Born: May 5, 1856 · Sumter · Died aged 78
Ordained priest: December 18, 1880
Ordained bishop: May 9, 1897
Died: January 7, 1935
Rite: Latin

A priest for 54 years

A bishop for 37 years, 7 months

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May 1856

Born

May 5, 1856 · Sumter

Dec 1880

Ordained to the Priesthood

December 18, 1880

Jan 1897

Appointed Bishop of Wilmington

January 26, 1897 · Wilmington, Delaware, United States

May 1897

Ordained Bishop

May 9, 1897

James Cardinal Gibbons

James Cardinal Gibbons

Most Rev. Alfred A. Curtis

Most Rev. Alfred A. Curtis

Most Rev. Henry P. Northrop

Jul 1925

Resigned as Bishop of Wilmington

July 10, 1925 · Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Jan 1935

Died

January 7, 1935