Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Aug 1917		Born	Waukon, IA
3 May 1941	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 Oct 1960	43.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 Oct 1960	43.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abrittum
21 Dec 1960	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abrittum
18 Feb 1967	49.5	Appointed	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
28 Apr 1992	74.7	Retired	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
31 Aug 1992	75.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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

a priest for 51.3 years
a bishop for 31.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch †
Principal Consecrator:
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor †
Bishop Ernest John Primeau †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Cletus Francis O’Donnell † (1960)
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer † (1946)
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley † (1934)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Paul Joseph Swain
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. †
Bishop George Otto Wirz †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Joseph Grady †
Archbishop John Lawrence May †
Bishop William Edward McManus †
Bishop Raymond James Vonesh †
Bishop Alfred Leo Abramowicz †
Bishop Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey †

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1960, Number 125

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