Bishop Michael Andrew Gielen

Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

Motto: Totus Tuus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jun 1971		Born
29 Nov 1997	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hamilton in New Zealand
6 Jan 2020	48.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
6 Jan 2020	48.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius
7 Mar 2020	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius
21 May 2022	50.9	Appointed	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
9 Jul 2022	51.1	Installed	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

MicroData Summary
Michael Andrew Gielen
Bishop Michael Andrew Gielen
(born 2 Jun 1971)
Bishop of Christchurch

Event Place
Birth Place Cambridge, Diocese of Auckland
Ordained Bishop Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau, Diocese of Auckland

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Christchurch.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. †
Titular Bishop of Decoriana
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Patrick James Dunn
Bishop of Auckland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stephen Marmion Lowe
Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
Bishop Peter James Cullinane
Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Patrick James Dunn (1994)
Bishop of Auckland
Bishop Denis George Browne † (1977)
Bishop of Auckland
Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. † (1954)
Titular Bishop of Nigizubi
Archbishop Peter Thomas McKeefry † (1947)
Titular Archbishop of Dercos (Dercus)
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
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 John Lewis Adams (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q81200110

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2020
ob: CB, 14 Jan 2020
c2: CB, 17 Feb 2020
c34: CB, 6 Mar 2020
c1: CB, 10 Mar 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 243, Number 20,363
ab: Bollettino, 21 May 2022
i: CB, 7 Jun 2022

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