Bishop George Arthur Sheltz †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

Titular Bishop of Hirina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Apr 1946		Born
15 May 1971	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
21 Feb 2012	65.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
21 Feb 2012	65.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hirina
2 May 2012	66.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hirina
22 Jun 2021	75.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
21 Dec 2021	75.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

MicroData Summary for George Arthur Sheltz
(WikiData: Q1506877)
Bishop George Arthur Sheltz (born 20 Apr 1946, died 21 Dec 2021) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston

Ad Limina - March 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Houston, Diocese of Galveston, Texas
Ordained Priest Annunciation, Church, Houston, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Co-Cathedral, Houston, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas

a priest for 50.5 years
a bishop for 9.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Louis Morkovsky †
Titular Bishop of Tigava
Principal Consecrator:
Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo
Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza †
Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Bishop Vincent Michael Rizzotto †
Titular Bishop of Lamasba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo (1997)
Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Bishop Lawrence Donald Soens † (1983)
Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa
Archbishop James Joseph Byrne † (1947)
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 21 Feb 2012
ob: CB, 28 Feb 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 210, Number 17,429
r: Bollettino, 22 Jun 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)
op.loc: CB, 28 Oct 2022

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