Bishop Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of De Aar, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1913		Born
20 May 1944	30.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
15 Jul 1959	45.8	Appointed	Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
13 Apr 1967	53.6	Appointed	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa
6 Jun 1967	53.7	Resigned	Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
19 Jul 1967	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa
18 Nov 1987	74.2	Retired	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa
3 Feb 2005	91.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of De Aar, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Joseph Anthony De Palma
Bishop Joseph Anthony De Palma S.C.I.
(born 4 Sep 1913, died 3 Feb 2005)
Bishop Emeritus of De Aar

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 Walton, NY, Diocese of Albany, New York, USA
Ordained Priest Milwaukee, WI, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

a priest for 60.7 years
a bishop for 37.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Moses Elias Kiley †
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Principal Consecrator:
Owen Cardinal McCann †
Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ernest Arthur Green †
Bishop of Port Elizabeth
Bishop Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †
Bishop of Aliwal

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Owen Cardinal McCann † (1950)
Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. † (1974)
Bishop Fritz Lobinger † (1988)
Bishop Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I. (1992)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 3533159477826127990002
WikiData: Q1706470

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 138
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 11 Feb 2018

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