Bishop Robert Dwayne Gruss

Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jun 1955		Born
2 Jul 1994	39.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Davenport, Iowa, USA
26 May 2011	55.9	Appointed	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
28 Jul 2011	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
24 May 2019	63.9	Appointed	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
26 Jul 2019	64.0	Installed	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary for Robert Dwayne Gruss
(WikiData: Q551681)
Bishop Robert Dwayne Gruss (born 25 Jun 1955) Bishop of Saginaw

Ad Limina - March 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - December 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Texarkana, AR, Diocese of Little Rock, Arkansas
Ordained Priest Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Davenport, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa
Ordained Bishop Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Saginaw.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop William Edwin Franklin
Bishop of Davenport, Iowa
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Samuel Joseph Aquila
Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota
Bishop Martin John Amos
Bishop of Davenport, Iowa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt (1996)
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida (1984)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt (2015)
Bishop Steven Robert Biegler (2017)
Bishop Peter Michael Muhich † (2020)

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 26 May 2011
ob/c2+: CB, 28 Jun 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 207, Number 17,120
ab: Bollettino, 24 May 2019
i: CB, 26 May 2019
op.loc: CB, 22 Oct 2022

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