Bishop Michael Joseph Dudick †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Feb 1916		Born
13 Nov 1945	29.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
6 Jul 1963	47.3	Incardinated	Priest of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
29 Jul 1968	52.4	Appointed	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
24 Oct 1968	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
6 Nov 1995	79.7	Retired	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
30 May 2007	91.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary
Michael Joseph Dudick
Bishop Michael Joseph Dudick
(born 24 Feb 1916, died 30 May 2007)
Bishop Emeritus of Passaic

Event Place
Birth Place Saint Clair
Ordained Priest Munhall, PA

a priest for 61.5 years
a bishop for 38.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Basil Takacs (Takach) †
Titular Bishop of Zela
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Stephen John Kocisko †
Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Augustine Eugene Hornyak, O.S.B.M. †
Titular Bishop of Hermonthis
Bishop Michael Rusnak, C.Ss.R. †
Titular Bishop of Tzernicus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Stephen John Kocisko † (1956)
Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
Bishop Nicholas Thomas Elko † (1955)
Titular Bishop of Apollonias
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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:
Archbishop William Charles Skurla (1987)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Judson Michael Procyk † (1995)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Emil John Mihalik † (1969)
Bishop John Stock † (1971)
Bishop Basil Harry Losten † (1971)
Bishop John Michael Bilock † (1973)
Archbishop Thomas Victor Dolinay † (1976)
Bishop Vasile Louis Puscas † (1983)
Bishop Andrew Pataki † (1983)
Bishop George Martin Kuzma † (1987)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1927315

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 11 Feb 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 3, Number 79

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