Bishop Edward William O’Rourke †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Oct 1917		Born
28 May 1944	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Peoria, Illinois, USA
24 May 1971	53.5	Appointed	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
15 Jul 1971	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
22 Jan 1990	72.2	Retired	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
29 Sep 1999	81.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

MicroData Summary for Edward William O’Rourke
(WikiData: Q2039749)
Bishop Edward William O’Rourke (born 31 Oct 1917, died 29 Sep 1999) Bishop Emeritus of Peoria

Event Place
Birth Place Downs, IL, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Ordained Priest St. Mary, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Ordained Bishop St. Mary, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Death Place Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois

a priest for 55.3 years
a bishop for 28.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Henry Leo Schlarman †
Bishop of Peoria, Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
John Patrick Cardinal Cody †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Baptist Franz †
Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois
Bishop George Henry Speltz †
Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Joseph Myers † (1987)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Downs, IL, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Ordained Priest	St. Mary, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Ordained Bishop	St. Mary, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Death Place	Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Number 810
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 73, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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