Bishop Robert Francis Christian, O.P. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA

Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Dec 1948		Born
1970²	21.0	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
2 Oct 1971	22.8	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
1974²	25.0	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
4 Jun 1976	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
28 Mar 2018	69.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
28 Mar 2018	69.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli
5 Jun 2018	69.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli
11 Jul 2019	70.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Robert Francis Christian
(VIAF: 89051906; WikiData: Q51076445)
Bishop Robert Francis Christian O.P. (born 2 Dec 1948, died 11 Jul 2019) Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco

Event Place
Birth Place San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Priest St. Francis de Sales, Cathedral, Oakland, Diocese of Oakland, California
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Death Place Residence, St. Patrick's, Seminary, Menlo Park, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California

a priest for 43.1 years
a bishop for 1.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Floyd Lawrence Begin †
Bishop of Oakland, California
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Charles Wester
Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bishop Michael Charles Barber, S.J.
Bishop of Oakland, California

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone (2002)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Bishop Robert Henry Brom † (1983)
Bishop of San Diego, California
Archbishop John Robert Roach † (1971)
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Priest	St. Francis de Sales, Cathedral, Oakland, Diocese of Oakland, California
Ordained Bishop	Saint Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Death Place	Residence, St. Patrick's, Seminary, Menlo Park, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Mar 2018
ob: CB, 12 Apr 2018
c2: CB, 16 Apr 2018
c4: CB, 22 May 2018
c3: CB, 5 Jun 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 236, Number 19,786
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 20 May 2022

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