Bishop Richard Brendan Higgins

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Feb 1944		Born
9 Mar 1968	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sacramento, California, USA
7 May 2004	60.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
7 May 2004	60.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae
3 Jul 2004	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae
2 Jan 2020	75.8	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

MicroData Summary
Richard Brendan Higgins
Bishop Richard Brendan Higgins
(born 22 Feb 1944)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

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

Event Place
Birth Place Longford, Ireland
Ordained Priest San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, National Shrine, Basilica, Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia

Please contact the Bishop through the Military Ordinariate of United States of America, Military.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Luigi Poggi †
Titular Archbishop of Forontoniana
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien
Archbishop of United States of America, Military
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Howard James Hubbard †
Bishop of Albany, New York
Bishop William Keith Weigand
Bishop of Sacramento, California

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien (1996)
Archbishop of United States of America, Military
John Joseph Cardinal O’Connor † (1979)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Longford, Ireland
Ordained Priest	San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Immaculate Conception, National Shrine, Basilica, Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2149137

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 176, Number 14,648
r: Bollettino, 2 Jan 2020
op.loc: CB, 15 May 2022
c1: CB, 26 May 2022

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