Bishop Gerard Francis Loft, S.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Auki, Solomon Islands

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Apr 1933		Born
20 Jul 1958	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
5 Dec 1983	50.6	Appointed	Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands
11 Mar 1984	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands
19 Oct 2004	71.5	Resigned	Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands
4 Feb 2007	73.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Auki, Solomon Islands

MicroData Summary for Gerard Francis Loft
(WikiData: Q1510142)
Bishop Gerard Francis Loft S.M. (born 6 Apr 1933, died 4 Feb 2007) Bishop Emeritus of Auki

Event Place
Birth Place Wellington, Archdiocese of Wellington, New Zealand
Ordained Bishop Auki, Diocese of Auki

a priest for 48.5 years
a bishop for 22.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. †
Archbishop of Honiara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Peter Kurongku †
Archbishop of Port Moresby
Bishop Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. †
Bishop of Gizo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S.M. † (1959)
Archbishop of Honiara
Archbishop Romolo Carboni † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Sidon
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 86, Number 7,196
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 87, Additions/Corrections (front)

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