Bishop Angelo (William Thomas) Acerra, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

Titular Bishop of Lete

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Nov 1925		Born
14 Jun 1945	19.6	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
20 May 1950	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
29 Sep 1983	57.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
29 Sep 1983	57.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lete
29 Nov 1983	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lete
26 Jul 1990	64.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

MicroData Summary
Angelo (William Thomas) Acerra
Bishop Angelo (William Thomas) Acerra O.S.B.
(born 7 Nov 1925, died 26 Jul 1990)
Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

Event Place
Birth Place Memphis, TN
Ordained Priest Sacred Heart, Church, Cullman, AL, Diocese of Mobile, Alabama
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Death Place Alexandria, VA
Buried Place (Original) St. Bernard Abbey, Cemetery, Cullman, AL

a priest for 40.1 years
a bishop for 6.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Thomas Joseph Toolen †
Bishop of Mobile, Alabama
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Thomas Ryan †
Coadjutor Archbishop of United States of America, Military
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Thomas Dimino †
Titular Bishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara)
Bishop Francis Xavier Roque †
Titular Bishop of Bagai

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph Thomas Ryan † (1966)
Coadjutor Archbishop of United States of America, Military
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2039448

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125
prof: CB, 3 May 2019
mn/loc: CB, 5 Dec 2019
mn: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 82, Number 6,758
c1: CB, 25 May 2022

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