Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1912		Born
15 Aug 1934	22.5	First Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
19 Jun 1938	26.3	Final Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
13 Aug 1939	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
19 Dec 1959	47.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
19 Dec 1959	47.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Belabitene
21 Apr 1960	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Belabitene
15 Nov 1966	54.7	Appointed	Bishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
18 Mar 1982	70.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
7 Mar 1987	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
21 Dec 1987	75.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary for George Elmer Bernarding
(WikiData: Q47459910)
Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding S.V.D. (born 15 Feb 1912, died 21 Dec 1987) Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen

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Event Place
Birth Place Carrick, PA, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Ordained Priest Techny
Ordained Bishop St. Paul, Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Place Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

a priest for 48.3 years
a bishop for 27.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop William David O’Brien †
Titular Bishop of Calynda
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Joseph Wright †
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Peter McManaman †
Titular Bishop of Floriana
Bishop Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey †
Titular Bishop of Cea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Joseph Wright † (1947)
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Hermann Raich, S.V.D. † (1982)
Archbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D. † (1984)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Henry Anthony A. van Lieshout, C.M.M. † (1967)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Carrick, PA, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Ordained Priest	Techny
Ordained Bishop	St. Paul, Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Place	Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 27
firs/fina: Index Defunctorum Societatis Verbi Divini 1875-2010, Page 16, and Page 5
firs/fina: CB, 2 Dec 2021
c1: CB, 22 May 2022

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