Bishop Donald Joseph Kettler

Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

Administrator of Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Note(s): ("Temporary Adminisrator")

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Nov 1944		Born
29 May 1970	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
21 May 2002	57.4	Appointed	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
22 Aug 2002	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
20 Sep 2013	68.8	Appointed	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
7 Nov 2013	68.9	Installed	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
15 Dec 2022	78.0	Retired	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
1 May 2025	80.4	Appointed	Administrator of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

MicroData Summary
Donald Joseph Kettler
Bishop Donald Joseph Kettler
(born 26 Nov 1944)
Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud

Event Place
Birth Place Minneapolis, MN, Archdiocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Ordained Priest St. Joseph, Church, Sioux Falls, Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Ordained Bishop Carlson Center, Fairbanks, Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Saint Cloud.

a priest for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Lambert Anthony Hoch †
Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I.
Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael William Warfel
Bishop of Juneau, Alaska
Bishop Robert James Carlson
Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Roger Lawrence Schwietz, O.M.I. (1990)
Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska
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	Minneapolis, MN, Archdiocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Ordained Priest	St. Joseph, Church, Sioux Falls, Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Ordained Bishop	Carlson Center, Fairbanks, Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1029094

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 168, Number 14,241
ab: Bollettino, 20 Sep 2013
c1: CB, 16 May 2022
r: Bollettino, 15 Dec 2022
tadm: CB, 4 May 2025

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