William Joseph Cardinal Levada

Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jun 1936		Born	Long Beach
20 Dec 1961	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA
25 Mar 1983	46.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
25 Mar 1983	46.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Capreae
12 May 1983	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Capreae
1 Jul 1986	50.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA
17 Aug 1995	59.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
27 Dec 1995	59.5	Succeeded	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA
22 Jul 1999	63.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Rosa in California, USA
11 Apr 2000	63.8	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Rosa in California, USA
13 May 2005	68.9	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
13 May 2005	68.9	Appointed	President of the International Theological Commission
13 May 2005	68.9	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
24 Mar 2006	69.8	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Mar 2006	69.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica
26 Mar 2006	69.8	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica
8 Jul 2009	73.1	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
2 Jul 2012	76.0	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
2 Jul 2012	76.0	Retired	President of the International Theological Commission
2 Jul 2012	76.0	Retired	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
2 Jul 2012	76.0	Retired	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

Consistory - 2006: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated

Please contact the Cardinal through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Martin John O’Connor †
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria
Principal Consecrator:
Timothy Cardinal Manning †
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John James Ward †
Titular Bishop of Bria
Bishop Juan Alfredo Arzube †
Titular Bishop of Civitate

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Timothy Cardinal Manning † (1946)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken † (1941)
Titular Bishop of Sanavus
Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell † (1917)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna † (1912)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
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 † (1872)
Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Tod David Brown (1989)
Archbishop Alexander Joseph Brunett (1994)
Bishop John Charles Wester (1998)
Bishop Joseph Anthony Pepe (2001)
Bishop Ignatius Chung Wang (2003)
Bishop Clarence Richard Silva (2005)
Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P. (2009)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer (1995)
Bishop Edward William Clark (2001)
Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J. (2008)
Bishop Ambrogio Spreafico (2008)
Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia (2009)
Archbishop Franco Coppola (2009)
Archbishop Pietro Parolin (2009)
Bishop Raffaello Martinelli (2009)
Bishop Giorgio Corbellini (2009)
Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P. (2011)
Archbishop Charles John Brown (2012)
Archbishop Marek Solczyński (2012)

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 8 Jul 2009
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 116
r: Bollettino, 2 Jul 2012

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