Bishop Ronald William Gainer

Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1947		Born	Pottsville, PA
19 May 1973	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
13 Dec 2002	55.3	Appointed	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
22 Feb 2003	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Ad Limina - January 2012: Bishop

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Lexington.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Mark McShea †
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Peter Cullen
Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ronald William Gainer (2003)
Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. † (1977)
Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin † (1966)
Archbishop Paul John Hallinan † (1958)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
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 †

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 170, Number 14,335

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