Bishop Charles Albert Buswell †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Pueblo, Colorado, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Oct 1913		Born
9 Jul 1939	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
8 Aug 1959	45.8	Appointed	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
30 Sep 1959	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
19 Sep 1979	65.9	Resigned	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
14 Jun 2008	94.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Pueblo, Colorado, USA

MicroData Summary
Charles Albert Buswell
Bishop Charles Albert Buswell
(born 15 Oct 1913, died 14 Jun 2008)
Bishop Emeritus of Pueblo

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

Event Place
Birth Place Homestead, OK, Diocese of Oklahoma
Ordained Priest Louvain, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Cathedral, Oklahoma City, Diocese of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma
Death Place Pueblo, Diocese of Pueblo, Colorado
Buried Place (Original) Roselawn, Cemetery, Pueblo, Diocese of Pueblo, Colorado

a priest for 68.9 years
a bishop for 48.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Paulin Ladeuze †
Titular Bishop of Tiberias
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Victor Joseph Reed †
Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stephen Aloysius Leven †
Titular Bishop of Bure
Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin †
Titular Bishop of Ioannina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Victor Joseph Reed † (1958)
Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma
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 John Joseph Sullivan † (1972)
Bishop Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen (1974)
Bishop Arthur Nicholas Tafoya † (1980)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1912152865688104940003
WikiData: Q1063522

Source(s):

d: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 81
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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