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Bishop Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan

Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Vulcan, MI, Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, Michigan, USA
Ordained Priest	Verona, Diocese of Verona, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Vengono Superiore, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Death Place	Wau, Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal

a priest for 29.5 years a bishop for 12.4 years

Ordained Priest by: Bartolomeo Cardinal Bacilieri † Bishop of Verona Principal Consecrator: Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. † Archbishop of Milano {Milan} Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.J. † Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria Bishop Francesco Maria Franco † Bishop of Crema

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bl. Ildefonso (Alfred Aloisius) Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. † (1929) Archbishop of Milano {Milan} Pope Pius XI (1919) (Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †) Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski † (1913) Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw} Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902) Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze) Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901) Bishop of Płock Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897) Archbishop of Mohilev Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883) Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź) Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883) Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec) Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859) Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze) Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848) Archbishop of Mohilev Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841) Archbishop of Mohilev Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829) Archbishop of Mohilev Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827) Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz) Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817) Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec) Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775) Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz) Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767) Bishop of Poznań Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758) Archbishop of Gniezno Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749) Archbishop of Gniezno Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724) Bishop of Kraków Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707) Bishop of Kraków Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690) Archbishop of Gniezno Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677) Bishop of Kraków Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672) Bishop of Płock Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653) Bishop of Płock Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637) Bishop of Kraków Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620) Archbishop of Gniezno Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601) Archbishop of Gniezno Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593) Bishop of Reggio Emilia Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Bishop of Ascoli Piceno Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest: Archbishop Ireneus Wien Dud † (1944)

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