Bishop Stephen Edward Blaire †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Dec 1941		Born
29 Apr 1967	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA
17 Feb 1990	48.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
17 Feb 1990	48.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lamzella
31 May 1990	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lamzella
18 Jan 1999	57.0	Appointed	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
16 Mar 1999	57.2	Installed	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
23 Jan 2018	76.0	Retired	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
18 Jun 2019	77.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA

MicroData Summary for Stephen Edward Blaire
(VIAF: 14949508; WikiData: Q554740)
Bishop Stephen Edward Blaire (born 22 Dec 1941, died 18 Jun 2019) Bishop Emeritus of Stockton

Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Los Angeles, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
Ordained Priest Saint Vibiana, Cathedral, Los Angeles, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
Ordained Bishop Saint Vibiana, Cathedral, Los Angeles, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
Death Place Modesto, Diocese of Stockton, California

a priest for 52.1 years
a bishop for 29.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
James Francis Aloysius Cardinal McIntyre †
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Roger Michael Mahony
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John James Ward †
Titular Bishop of Bria
Bishop George Patrick Ziemann †
Titular Bishop of Obba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Roger Michael Mahony (1975)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe † (1947)
Bishop of Fresno, California
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty † (1926)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes † (1914)
Archbishop of New York, New York
John Murphy Cardinal Farley † (1895)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois, P.S.S. † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Dennis Patrick O’Neil † (2001)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Los Angeles, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
Ordained Priest	Saint Vibiana, Cathedral, Los Angeles, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
Ordained Bishop	Saint Vibiana, Cathedral, Los Angeles, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California
Death Place	Modesto, Diocese of Stockton, California

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 122, Number 10,971
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
r: Bollettino, 23 Jan 2018
d: CB, 18 Jun 2019
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)
op.loc: CB, 27 Oct 2022

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