Bishop Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

Titular Bishop of Penafiel

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Feb 1892		Born
16 May 1918	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
20 Jul 1940	48.4	Appointed	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
9 Oct 1940	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
25 Aug 1969	77.5	Retired	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
25 Aug 1969	77.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Penafiel
19 Feb 1971	79.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

MicroData Summary
Bernard Theodore Espelage
Bishop Bernard Theodore Espelage O.F.M.
(born 16 Feb 1892, died 19 Feb 1971)
Bishop Emeritus of Gallup

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Ordained Priest Oldenburg, IN, Diocese of Indianapolis, Indiana
Ordained Bishop St. Monica, Cathedral, Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Death Place Gallup, Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Ordained Priest	Oldenburg, IN, Diocese of Indianapolis, Indiana
Ordained Bishop	St. Monica, Cathedral, Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio
Death Place	Gallup, Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico

Relatives

Brother of: Bishop Sylvester Joseph Espelage, O.F.M. †, Vicar Apostolic of Wuchang [Wuchang]

a priest for 52.7 years
a bishop for 30.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
- Bishop Joseph Chartrand †
  Titular Bishop of Flavias
Principal Consecrator:
- Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. †
  Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Joseph Henry Albers †
  Bishop of Lansing, Michigan
- Bishop Joseph Elmer Ritter †
  Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † (1918)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Tommaso Pio Cardinal Boggiani, O.P. † (1908)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 301302531
WikiData: Q16006987

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 67
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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