Bishop Francis Joseph Klein †

Deceased

Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Aug 1911		Born
2 Sep 1934	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
28 Feb 1952	40.5	Appointed	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
30 Apr 1952	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
8 May 1952	40.7	Installed	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
25 Feb 1967	55.5	Appointed	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
25 Apr 1967	55.7	Installed	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3 Feb 1968	56.4	Died	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

MicroData Summary
Francis Joseph Klein
Bishop Francis Joseph Klein
(born 6 Aug 1911, died 3 Feb 1968)
Bishop of Calgary

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Sedley, Diocese of Regina, Saskatchewan
Ordained Priest Sedley, Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan
Ordained Bishop Holy Rosary, Cathedral, Regina, Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan
Death Place Calgary, Diocese of Calgary, Alberta
Buried Place (Original) Family Plot, Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic, Cemetery, Sedley, Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan

a priest for 33.4 years
a bishop for 15.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop James Charles McGuigan †
Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan
Principal Consecrator:
James Charles Cardinal McGuigan †
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michael Cornelius O’Neill †
Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan
Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock †
Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

James Charles Cardinal McGuigan † (1930)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Leary † (1913)
Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta
Archbishop Pellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. † (1907)
Archbishop of L’Aquila
Casimiro Cardinal Gennari † (1881)
Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop James Patrick Mahoney † (1967)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sedley, Diocese of Regina, Saskatchewan
Ordained Priest	Sedley, Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan
Ordained Bishop	Holy Rosary, Cathedral, Regina, Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan
Death Place	Calgary, Diocese of Calgary, Alberta
Buried Place (Original)	Family Plot, Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic, Cemetery, Sedley, Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 61646953
VIAF: 906161819205927960003
WikiData: Q11859886

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 37
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 1, and Page 630, to Page 631

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