Edwin Frederick Cardinal O’Brien

Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Cardinal-Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino

Motto: Pastores Dabo Vobis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Apr 1939		Born
29 May 1965	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of New York, New York, USA
1990²	50.7	Appointed	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
1994²	54.7	Resigned	Rector of the Pontifical North American College
6 Feb 1996	56.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
6 Feb 1996	56.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thizica
25 Mar 1996	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thizica
7 Apr 1997	57.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of United States of America, Military
7 Apr 1997	57.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Thizica
12 Aug 1997	58.3	Succeeded	Archbishop of United States of America, Military
7 Mar 1998	58.9	Resigned	Titular Archbishop of Thizica
12 Jul 2007	68.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1 Oct 2007	68.4	Installed	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
29 Aug 2011	72.3	Appointed	Pro-Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
29 Aug 2011	72.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
18 Feb 2012	72.8	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 2012	72.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino
15 Mar 2012	72.9	Appointed	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
16 May 2012	73.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
25 Oct 2012	73.5	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino
8 Dec 2019	80.6	Retired	Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
4 Mar 2022	82.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Sebastiano al Palatino

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Edwin Frederick O’Brien
Edwin Frederick Cardinal O’Brien
(born 8 Apr 1939)
Grand Master Emeritus of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Ad Limina - April 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2012: Bishop
Consistory - February 2012: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA
Ordained Priest Saint Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA
Ordained Bishop Saint Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA

Please contact the Cardinal through the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Consecrator:
John Joseph Cardinal O’Connor †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan †
Titular Bishop of Cursola
Bishop John Gavin Nolan †
Titular Bishop of Natchesium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Deacon:
Monsignor Thomas Warren Powers (1996)
Bishop David Leon Toups (1996)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Joseph Kaising † (2000)
Bishop Richard Brendan Higgins (2004)
Bishop Joseph Walter Estabrook † (2004)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Francis McCarthy (1999)
Bishop Daniel Edward Thomas (2006)
Bishop Frank Richard Spencer (2010)
Bishop Adam John Parker (2017)
Bishop Mark Edward Brennan (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA
Ordained Priest	Saint Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA
Ordained Bishop	Saint Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York, USA

External Link(s):

VIAF: 89225964
WikiData: Q703552

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 12 Jul 2007
ab: Bollettino, 29 Aug 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 144, Number 12,700
card: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2012
1s02: Bollettino, 18 Feb 2012
ab: Bollettino, 15 Mar 2012
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 159, Deceased Cardinals (back)
i: Bollettino, 9 Oct 2012
r: Bollettino, 8 Dec 2019
cpri: Bollettino, 4 Mar 2022
op.loc: CB, 21 Oct 2022

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