Bishop Anthony Francis Mestice †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

Titular Bishop of Villa Nova

Motto: Accept One Another

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Dec 1923		Born
4 Jun 1949	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of New York, New York, USA
5 Mar 1973	49.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
5 Mar 1973	49.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Villa Nova
27 Apr 1973	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Villa Nova
30 Oct 2001	77.8	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
29 Apr 2011	87.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

MicroData Summary
Anthony Francis Mestice
Bishop Anthony Francis Mestice
(born 6 Dec 1923, died 29 Apr 2011)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York

Event Place
Birth Place New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Death Place Manhattan, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Buried Place (Original) Gate of Heaven, Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, Archdiocese of New York, New York

a priest for 61.9 years
a bishop for 38.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Consecrator:
Terence James Cardinal Cooke †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Joseph Maguire †
Titular Archbishop of Tabalta
Bishop Joseph Maria Pernicone †
Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Terence James Cardinal Cooke † (1965)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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 Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan † (1990)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 69266826
WikiData: Q573259

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 21, Number 1,171
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 81, Deceased Cardinals (back)
loc: CB, 6 Apr 2025

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