Bishop Francis Augustin Henschke †

Deceased

Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jan 1892		Born
2 Jun 1917	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Port Augusta, Australia
18 May 1937	45.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide, Australia
18 May 1937	45.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Praenetus
15 Aug 1937	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Praenetus
16 Nov 1939	47.8	Appointed	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia
24 Feb 1968	76.1	Died	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia

MicroData Summary
Francis Augustin Henschke
Bishop Francis Augustin Henschke
(born 2 Jan 1892, died 24 Feb 1968)
Bishop of Wagga Wagga

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Hookina

a priest for 50.7 years
a bishop for 30.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Andrew Killian †
Archbishop of Adelaide
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Martin Fox †
Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes
Archbishop Norman Thomas Gilroy †
Titular Archbishop of Cypsela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Andrew Killian † (1924)
Archbishop of Adelaide
Archbishop Robert William Spence, O.P. † (1914)
Archbishop of Adelaide
Archbishop Patrick Joseph Clune, C.Ss.R. † (1911)
Archbishop of Perth
Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran † (1872)
Archbishop of Sydney
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Francis Patrick Carroll † (1954)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Francis Patrick Carroll † (1967)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q52828956

Source(s):

c134: AustOceaniaBishops.org
op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1937, Number 45

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