Archbishop George Leo Thomas

Archbishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Motto: Christ Our Light

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 May 1950		Born
22 May 1976	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Seattle, Washington, USA
19 Nov 1999	49.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
19 Nov 1999	49.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vagrauta
28 Jan 2000	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vagrauta
23 Mar 2004	53.8	Appointed	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
4 Jun 2004	54.0	Installed	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
28 Feb 2018	67.7	Appointed	Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
15 May 2018	67.9	Installed	Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
30 May 2023	73.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

MicroData Summary
George Leo Thomas
Archbishop George Leo Thomas
(born 19 May 1950)
Archbishop of Las Vegas

Event Place
Birth Place Anaconda, Diocese of Helena, Montana
Ordained Priest Saint James, Cathedral, Seattle, Archdiocese of Seattle, Washington
Ordained Bishop Saint James, Cathedral, Seattle, Archdiocese of Seattle, Washington

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Las Vegas.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen †
Archbishop of Seattle, Washington
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alexander Joseph Brunett †
Archbishop of Seattle, Washington
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Stephen Skylstad
Bishop of Spokane, Washington
Bishop Carlos Arthur Sevilla, S.J.
Bishop of Yakima, Washington

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alexander Joseph Brunett † (1994)
Archbishop of Seattle, Washington
Archbishop William Joseph Levada † (1983)
Archbishop of Portland in Oregon
Timothy Finbar Cardinal Manning † (1946)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken † (1941)
Titular Bishop of Sanavus
Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell † (1917)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna † (1912)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gregory William Gordon (2021)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Eusebio de la Luz Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S. (2005)
Bishop Joseph Jude Tyson (2005)
Bishop Thomas Anthony Daly (2011)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q555013

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Number 13,689
ab: Bollettino, 28 Feb 2018
i: CB, 28 Feb 2018
op.loc: CB, 26 Oct 2022
ab: Bollettino, 30 May 2023

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