Bishop Robert William Muench

Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Dec 1942		Born	Louisville, KY
18 Jun 1968	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
8 May 1990	47.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
8 May 1990	47.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mactaris
29 Jun 1990	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mactaris
5 Jan 1996	53.0	Appointed	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
19 Mar 1996	53.2	Installed	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
15 Dec 2001	59.0	Appointed	Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
14 Mar 2002	59.2	Installed	Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Baton Rouge.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan
Archbishop John Clement Favalora

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Robert William Muench (1990)
Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte (1981)
John Joseph Cardinal Krol † (1953)
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 † (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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Roger Joseph Foys
Bishop Ronald Paul Herzog
Bishop Shelton Joseph Fabre

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