Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver - Ordinaries

Ordinaries

  • Joseph Projectus Machebeuf: March 3, 1868 – July 10, 1889 (served until his death)
  • Nicholas Chrysostom Matz: July 10, 1889 – August 9, 1917 (served until his death)
  • John Henry Tihen: September 21, 1917 – January 6, 1931 (resigned)
  • Urban John Vehr: April 17, 1931 – February 18, 1967 (retired)
  • James Vincent Casey: February 18, 1967 – March 14, 1986 (served until his death)
  • James Francis Stafford: June 3, 1986 – August 20, 1996 (reassigned as President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity; elevated to the Cardinalate in 1998 by Bl. John Paul II.)
  • Charles J. Chaput: March 18, 1997 - September 8, 2011 (reassigned as Archbishop of Philadelphia)
  • Samuel Joseph Aquila: July 18, 2012–present

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