Bishop Robert Louis Whelan, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Apr 1912		Born
2 Aug 1931	19.2	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
17 Jun 1944	32.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
3 Feb 1947	34.7	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
6 Dec 1967	55.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
6 Dec 1967	55.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba
22 Feb 1968	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba
15 Nov 1968	56.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
13 Feb 1969	56.8	Installed	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
1 Jun 1985	73.1	Retired	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
15 Sep 2001	89.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

MicroData Summary
Robert Louis Whelan
Bishop Robert Louis Whelan S.J.
(born 16 Apr 1912, died 15 Sep 2001)
Bishop Emeritus of Fairbanks

Event Place
Birth Place Wallace, ID, Diocese of Boise City, Idaho
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Church, Fairbanks, Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska
Buried Place (Original) Birch Hill, Cemetery, Fairbanks, Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska

a priest for 57.2 years
a bishop for 33.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi †
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Joseph Thomas Ryan †
Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska
Bishop Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J. †
Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Gordon Dunlap Bennett, S.J. (1975)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. † (1984)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wallace, ID, Diocese of Boise City, Idaho
Ordained Bishop	Sacred Heart, Church, Fairbanks, Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska
Buried Place (Original)	Birch Hill, Cemetery, Fairbanks, Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska

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Find a Grave (Grave): 66478660
WikiData: Q7347006

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 28 Sep 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 414

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