Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.

Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Motto: As Christ Loved The Church

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Sep 1944		Born
13 Jul 1965	20.7	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
14 Jul 1968	23.8	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
29 Aug 1970	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
11 Apr 1988	43.5	Appointed	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
26 Jul 1988	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
18 Mar 1997	52.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
7 Apr 1997	52.5	Installed	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
19 Jul 2011	66.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Sep 2011	66.9	Installed	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
23 Jan 2020	75.3	Retired	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
Charles Joseph Chaput
Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput O.F.M. Cap.
(born 26 Sep 1944)
Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia

Event Place
Birth Place Concordia, KS, Diocese of Concordia, Kansas
Ordained Bishop Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Cyril John Vogel †
Bishop of Salina, Kansas
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pio Laghi †
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Robert Roach †
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Archbishop James Francis Stafford
Archbishop of Denver, Colorado

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Steven Robert Biegler (1993)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop José Horacio Gómez Velasco (2001)
Bishop James Douglas Conley (2008)
Archbishop Paul Dennis Etienne (2009)
Bishop Fernando Isern (2009)
Bishop Lawrence Thomas Persico (2012)
Bishop Edward Charles Malesic (2015)
Bishop Edward Michael Deliman (2016)
Bishop Alfred Andrew Schlert (2017)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Blase Joseph Cardinal Cupich (1998)
Archbishop Samuel Joseph Aquila (2001)
Bishop Ralph Walker Nickless (2006)
Archbishop Nelson Jesus Perez (2012)
Bishop Robert John Brennan (2012)
Bishop William James Muhm (2019)
Bishop Joseph Lawrence Coffey (2019)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 102106778
WikiData: Q1065117

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110, Number 9,728
ab: Bollettino, 19 Jul 2011
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 197, Deceased Cardinals (back)
prof: CB, 13 Jul 2015
r: Bollettino, 23 Jan 2020
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 350, to Page 352

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