Bishop Robert Joseph Baker

Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jun 1944		Born
21 Mar 1970	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
12 Jul 1999	55.1	Appointed	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
29 Sep 1999	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
14 Aug 2007	63.1	Appointed	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
2 Oct 2007	63.3	Installed	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
25 Mar 2020	75.8	Retired	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

MicroData Summary
Robert Joseph Baker
Bishop Robert Joseph Baker
(born 4 Jun 1944)
Bishop Emeritus of Birmingham

Event Place
Birth Place Willard, OH, Diocese of Toledo (in America), Ohio
Ordained Priest Saint Wendelin, Church, Fostoria, OH, Diocese of Toledo (in America), Ohio
Ordained Bishop Convention and Performing Arts Center, North Charleston, Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Birmingham.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Paul Francis Tanner †
Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Francis Donoghue †
Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †
Titular Archbishop of Celene
Bishop John Joseph Snyder †
Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Francis Donoghue † (1984)
Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia
Bishop Michael Joseph Begley † (1972)
Bishop Emeritus of Charlotte, North Carolina
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Eric Guglielmone (2009)
Bishop Thomas Thanh Thai Nguyen (2017)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 19116429
WikiData: Q2157744

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 14 Aug 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 156, Number 13,624
r: Bollettino, 25 Mar 2020
op.loc: CB, 26 Oct 2022

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