Bishop Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen

Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Motto: De Colores

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jun 1931		Born
6 Jun 1959	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Denver, Colorado, USA
6 Jul 1974	43.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
6 Jul 1974	43.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abercornia
20 Sep 1974	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abercornia
10 Nov 1983	52.4	Appointed	Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
30 Jan 1984	52.6	Installed	Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
30 Jan 2003	71.6	Resigned	Bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

MicroData Summary
Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen
Bishop Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen
(born 15 Jun 1931)
Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs

Ad Limina - June 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Denver, Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado
Ordained Priest Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Denver, Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Denver, Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Colorado Springs.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Urban John Vehr †
Archbishop of Denver, Colorado
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Vincent Casey †
Archbishop of Denver, Colorado
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop George Roche Evans †
Titular Bishop of Tubyza
Bishop Charles Albert Buswell †
Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Vincent Casey † (1957)
Archbishop of Denver, Colorado
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 Eugene John Gerber † (1976)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2149227

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 26, Number 1,492
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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