Bishop Roger William Gries, O.S.B.

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Titular Bishop of Praesidium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Mar 1937		Born
11 Jul 1957	20.2	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
18 May 1963	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
3 Apr 2001	64.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3 Apr 2001	64.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Praesidium
7 Jun 2001	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Praesidium
1 Nov 2013	76.5	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

MicroData Summary
Roger William Gries
Bishop Roger William Gries O.S.B.
(born 26 Mar 1937)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland

Event Place
Birth Place Cleveland, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio
Ordained Priest St. John the Evangelist, Cathedral, Cleveland, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio
Ordained Bishop St. John the Evangelist, Cathedral, Cleveland, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Cleveland.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Clarence Edward Elwell †
Titular Bishop of Cone
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Anthony Michael Pilla †
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alexander James Quinn †
Titular Bishop of Socia
Bishop Anthony Edward Pevec †
Titular Bishop of Mercia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Anthony Michael Pilla † (1979)
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Bishop James Aloysius Hickey † (1967)
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Archbishop John Francis Dearden † (1948)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
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 Michael Gerard Woost (2022)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q531700

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 163, Number 13,988
r: Bollettino, 1 Nov 2013
c1: CB, 17 May 2022

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