Archbishop John Charles Wester

Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Nov 1950		Born
15 May 1976	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA
30 Jun 1998	47.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
30 Jun 1998	47.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga
18 Sep 1998	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga
8 Jan 2007	56.1	Appointed	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
14 Mar 2007	56.3	Installed	Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
27 Apr 2015	64.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
4 Jun 2015	64.5	Installed	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

MicroData Summary
John Charles Wester
Archbishop John Charles Wester
(born 5 Nov 1950)
Archbishop of Santa Fe

Event Place
Birth Place San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Priest St. Mary, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Bishop St. Mary, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Joseph Levada †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Raphael Quinn †
Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California
Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath †
Coadjutor Bishop of San Jose in California

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Joseph Levada † (1983)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ignatius Wang Chung Chang (2003)
Bishop Randolph Roque Calvo (2006)
Bishop William Joseph Justice (2008)
Robert Walter Cardinal McElroy (2010)
Bishop Robert Francis Christian, O.P. † (2018)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q551688

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 8 Jan 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 153, Number 13,425
ab: Bollettino, 27 Apr 2015
i: CB, 27 Apr 2015
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 241, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1: CB, 20 May 2022

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