Bishop David Dennis Kagan

Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Nov 1949		Born
14 Jun 1975	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rockford, Illinois, USA
19 Oct 2011	61.9	Appointed	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
30 Nov 2011	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
18 Jul 2012	62.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
19 Jun 2013	63.6	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

MicroData Summary
David Dennis Kagan
Bishop David Dennis Kagan
(born 9 Nov 1949)
Bishop of Bismarck

Ad Limina - March 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Waukegan, IL, Diocese of Rockford, Illinois
Ordained Priest Saint Peter, Cathedral, Rockford, Diocese of Rockford, Illinois
Ordained Bishop Holy Spirit, Cathedral, Bismarck, Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bismarck.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Arthur Joseph O’Neill †
Bishop of Rockford, Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Albert Zipfel †
Bishop Emeritus of Bismarck, North Dakota
Bishop Thomas George Doran †
Bishop of Rockford, Illinois

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 Austin Anthony Vetter (2019)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1174917

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 19 Oct 2011
ob/c1: CB, 19 Oct 2011
c2+: CB, 28 Oct 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Number 17,184
ab: CB, 12 Jul 2012
op.loc: CB, 22 Oct 2022

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