Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1913		Born
3 Apr 1937	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
8 Feb 1965	52.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
8 Feb 1965	52.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maxita
3 Apr 1965	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Maxita
19 Jul 1966	53.5	Appointed	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
30 Jan 1979	66.0	Resigned	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
10 Jan 1982	69.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

MicroData Summary for Romeo Roy Blanchette
(WikiData: Q7363112)
Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette (born 6 Jan 1913, died 10 Jan 1982) Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place St. George, IL, Diocese of Joliet in Illinois
Ordained Bishop Saint Raymond Nonnat, Cathedral, Joliet, Diocese of Joliet in Illinois
Death Place Joliet, Diocese of Joliet in Illinois

a priest for 44.7 years
a bishop for 16.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
George William Cardinal Mundelein †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor †
Bishop of Springfield in Illinois
Bishop Ernest John Primeau †
Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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:
Archbishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. † (1977)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Raymond James Vonesh † (1968)

Event	Place
Birth Place	St. George, IL, Diocese of Joliet in Illinois
Ordained Bishop	Saint Raymond Nonnat, Cathedral, Joliet, Diocese of Joliet in Illinois
Death Place	Joliet, Diocese of Joliet in Illinois

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 64, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 25

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