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Bishop Michael Joseph Bransfield †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Motto: Thy Will Be Done

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest	Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop	Saint Joseph, Cathedral, Wheeling, Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia
Buried Place (Original)	Calvary, Cemetery, West Conshohocken, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

a priest for 54.9 years a bishop for 21.2 years

Ordained Priest by: John Joseph Cardinal Krol † Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Principal Consecrator: William Henry Cardinal Keeler † Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland Principal Co-Consecrators: Theodore Edgar Cardinal McCarrick † Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia Bishop Bernard William Schmitt † Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: William Henry Cardinal Keeler † (1979) Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland Bishop Joseph Thomas Daley † (1964) Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Archbishop John Joseph Krol † (1953) Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933) Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina 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

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Timothy Christian Senior (2009)

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