The Most Reverend James Edward Bostwick DD
Emeritus Archbishop of Wisconsin
Emeritus Presiding Archbishop O(R)CCA
August 14, 1949-March 8, 2009
Obituary
Archbishop Bostwick, of DeForest, WI, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 8, 2009, at the age of 59 years. Archbishop Bostwick was born on August 14, 1949, in Watertown, WI. He was the son of Lawrence and Isabelle (nee Roedl). He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers Michael Bostwick and Glen Klockow. The Archbishop was survived by Fr. Charles Walders, his Episcopal Chaplin and long time companion. Survived by brother and sisters Betty (Edwin) Barrett, Lyle (Bonnie) Klockow, Carol (Elmer) Boettcher, Larry (Colleen) Klockow; and sister-in-law Barbara Bostwick. The Archbishop is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, brothers, deacons, priests and seminarians of the Old (Roman) Catholic Church of America.
Visitation will be held at the CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY ANGELS, 1510 N. 70th St., Wauwatosa, WI 53213, from 12:00 noon on Wednesday, March 11, until 6:00 PM. A Prayer Service will follow the visitation at 6:30 PM. Also visitation on Thursday, March 12, from 8:00 AM until 10:00 AM, at ST. MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, 242 William St., Johnson Creek, WI 53038. A Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass will be held on Thursday, March 12, at 10:00 AM. Burial will take place following the funeral at the church cemetery.
Apostolic Succession
| 1 | 1541 March 16th ✠Scipione, Cardinal Rebiba. Auxiliary Bishop, Chieti |
| 2 | 1566 March 12th ✠Giulio Antonio, Cardinal Santorio, Archbishop, Santa Severina |
| 3 | 1586 September 7th ✠Girolamo, Cardinal Berneri OP, Bishop, Albano |
| 4 | 1604 April 4th ✠Galeazzo Santivale, Archbishop, Bari |
| 5 | 1621 May 2nd ✠Ludovico, Cardinal Ludovisi, Camerlengo |
| 6 | 1622 June 12th ✠Luigi Cardinal Caetani, Tit. Patriarch of Antioch |
| 7 | 1630 October 6th ✠Giovanni Battista Scannaroli, Bishop, Tyre and Sidon |
| 8 | 1665 October 24th ✠Antonio, Cardinal Barberini, Archbishop, Reims |
| 9 | 1668 November 12th ✠Charles Maurice Le Tellier, Archbishop, Reims |
| 10 | 1670 September 21st ✠Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, Bishop, Meaux |
| 11 | 1693 October 24th ✠Jacques Goyon de Matignon, Bishop, Condom |
| 12 | 1719 February 12th ✠Dominique Marie Varlet, Bishop, Ascalon |
| 13 | 1739 October 17th ✠Petrus Johannes Meindaarts, Archbishop, Utrecht |
| 14 | 1745 July 11th ✠Johannes van Stiphout, Bishop, Haarlem |
| 15 | 1763 February 7th ✠Gualtherus van Niewenhuisen, Archbishop, Utrecht |
| 16 | 1778 June 21st ✠Johannes Adrian Broekman, Bishop, Haarlem |
| 17 | 1797 July 5th ✠Johannes Jacobus van Rhijn, Archbishop, Utrecht |
| 18 | 1805 November 7th ✠Gilbertus Cornelius de Jong, Bishop, Deventer |
| 19 | 1814 April 24th ✠Willibrordus van Os, Archbishop, Utrecht |
| 20 | 1819 April 12th ✠Johannes Bon, Bishop, Haarlem |
| 21 | 1825 June 14th ✠Johannes van Santen, Archbishop, Utrecht |
| 22 | 1853 July 17th ✠Hermanus Heijkamp, Bishop, Deventer |
| 23 | 1873 August 11th ✠Gaspard Johannes Rinkel, Bishop, Haarlem |
| 24 | 1892 May 11th ✠Gerardus Gul, Archbishop, Utrecht |
| 25 | 1908 April 28th ✠Arnold Harris Mathew, Archbishop, London |
| 25 | 01 | 1908 April 28th ✠Arnold Harris Mathew, Archbishop, London |
| 26 | 02 | 1912 June 29th ✠Rudolphe de Landes Berges, Bishop, Scotland |
| 27 | 03 | 1916 October 4th ✠Carmel Henry Carfora, Archbishop, Chicago |
| 28 | 04 | 1933 August 15th + Francis X. Resch |
| 29 | 05 | 1963 August 25th + Walter X. Brown |
| 30 | 06 | 1974 September 21st + Henry Pleau |
| 31 | 07 | 1992 September 19th + James Edward Bostwick |
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