Bishop Joseph Richard Kopacz

Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Sep 1950		Born
7 May 1977	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
12 Dec 2013	63.2	Appointed	Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
6 Feb 2014	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA

MicroData Summary
Joseph Richard Kopacz
Bishop Joseph Richard Kopacz
(born 16 Sep 1950)
Bishop of Jackson

Ad Limina - December 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Dunmore, PA, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest Saint Peter, Cathedral, Scranton, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Saint Peter the Apostle, Cathedral, Jackson, Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Jackson.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick †
Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas John Rodi
Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Nunzio Latino †
Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi
Bishop Joseph Charles Bambera
Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas John Rodi (2001)
Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama
Archbishop Oscar Hugh Lipscomb † (1980)
Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama
Archbishop John Lawrence May † (1967)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
John Patrick Cardinal Cody † (1947)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Joseph Elmer Ritter † (1933)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana
Archbishop Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1892)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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	Dunmore, PA, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest	Saint Peter, Cathedral, Scranton, Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop	Saint Peter the Apostle, Cathedral, Jackson, Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q15332769

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Dec 2013
ob/c1: CB, 12 Dec 2013
c2+: CB, 15 Jan 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 217, Number 18,093
op.loc: CB, 21 Oct 2022

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