Bishop Frank Richard Spencer

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

Titular Bishop of Auzia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jun 1951		Born
14 May 1988	36.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
22 May 2010	58.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
22 May 2010	58.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Auzia
8 Sep 2010	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Auzia
10 Jun 2026	75.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

MicroData Summary
Frank Richard Spencer
Bishop Frank Richard Spencer
(born 10 Jun 1951)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

Ad Limina - January 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - December 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sylacauga, AL
Ordained Priest Mary, Our Queen, Cathedral, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, National Shrine, Basilica, Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia

Please contact the Bishop through the Military Ordinariate of United States of America, Military.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop William Donald Borders †
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio
Archbishop of United States of America, Military
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Donald William Wuerl
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio (2001)
Archbishop of United States of America, Military
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sylacauga, AL
Ordained Priest	Mary, Our Queen, Cathedral, Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Ordained Bishop	Immaculate Conception, National Shrine, Basilica, Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1444022

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 22 May 2010
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 203, Number 16,784
c1: CB, 15 May 2022
r: Bollettino, 10 Jun 2026

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