Bishop Robert Francis Garner †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

Titular Bishop of Blera

Motto: Come Holy Spirit

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Apr 1920		Born
15 Jun 1946	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA
3 May 1976	56.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
3 May 1976	56.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Blera
25 Jun 1976	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Blera
11 Jun 1995	75.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
25 Dec 2000	80.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary
Robert Francis Garner
Bishop Robert Francis Garner
(born 27 Apr 1920, died 25 Dec 2000)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark

Event Place
Birth Place Jersey City, Diocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Priest St. Patrick, Pro-Cathedral, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Death Place Totowa, NJ, Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross, Cemetery, North Arlington, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey

a priest for 54.5 years
a bishop for 24.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Walsh †
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety †
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland †
Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey
Bishop Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †
Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety † (1966)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Brien † (1940)
Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut
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

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 171205196
WikiData: Q16014866

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 40, Number 2,523
c1: CB, 18 May 2022

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