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

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico

Titular Bishop of Penafiel

Events

a priest for 54.8 years a bishop for 30.4 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Joseph Henry Albers † Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. † (1940) Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † (1918) Tommaso Pio Cardinal Boggiani, O.P. † (1908) Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900) Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882) Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872) Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851) Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822) Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819) Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777) Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767) Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743) Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724) Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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