Bishop Ronald William Gainer

Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1947		Born
19 May 1973	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
13 Dec 2002	55.3	Appointed	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
22 Feb 2003	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
24 Jan 2014	66.4	Appointed	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
19 Mar 2014	66.5	Installed	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
25 Apr 2023	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
Ronald William Gainer
Bishop Ronald William Gainer
(born 24 Aug 1947)
Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg

Event Place
Birth Place Pottsville, PA, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest Saint Thomas More, Church, Salisbury Township, PA, Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Christ the King, Cathedral, Lexington, Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Harrisburg.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Mark McShea †
Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. †
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Peter Cullen †
Bishop of Allentown, Pennsylvania
Bishop Joseph Edward Kurtz
Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. † (1977)
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop Joseph Louis Bernardin † (1966)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop Paul John Hallinan † (1958)
Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia
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 Edward Charles Malesic (2015)
Bishop Edward Michael Deliman (2016)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q938619

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 170, Number 14,335
ab: Bollettino, 24 Jan 2014
i: CB, 24 Jan 2014
op.loc: CB, 25 Oct 2022
r: Bollettino, 25 Apr 2023

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