Bishop Bernard Joseph Topel †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1903		Born
7 Jun 1927	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Helena, Montana, USA
9 Aug 1955	52.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
9 Aug 1955	52.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Binda
21 Sep 1955	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Binda
25 Sep 1955	52.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
11 Apr 1978	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
22 Oct 1986	83.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

MicroData Summary
Bernard Joseph Topel
Bishop Bernard Joseph Topel
(born 31 Mar 1903, died 22 Oct 1986)
Bishop Emeritus of Spokane

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Bozeman, MT, Diocese of Helena, Montana
Ordained Priest Helena, Diocese of Helena, Montana
Ordained Bishop Saint Helena, Cathedral, Helena, Diocese of Helena, Montana
Death Place Spokane, Diocese of Spokane, Washington

a priest for 59.3 years
a bishop for 31.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Joseph Mitty †
Bishop of Salt Lake, Utah
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Michael Gilmore †
Bishop of Helena, Montana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Patrick Dougherty †
Bishop of Yakima, Washington
Bishop Joseph Clement Willging †
Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Michael Gilmore † (1936)
Bishop of Helena, Montana
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen † (1962)
Bishop William Stephen Skylstad (1977)
Bishop Lawrence Harold Welsh † (1978)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 41671287
WikiData: Q4893301

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1955, Number 84
c1: CB, 20 May 2022

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