Bishop John Walter Yanta †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Oct 1931		Born
17 Mar 1956	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA
27 Oct 1994	63.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
27 Oct 1994	63.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Naratcata
30 Dec 1994	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Naratcata
21 Jan 1997	65.3	Appointed	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
17 Mar 1997	65.4	Installed	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
3 Jan 2008	76.2	Retired	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
6 Aug 2022	90.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA

MicroData Summary for John Walter Yanta
(VIAF: 19060643; WikiData: Q1702100)
Bishop John Walter Yanta (born 2 Oct 1931, died 6 Aug 2022) Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo

Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Runge, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas
Ordained Priest San Fernando, Cathedral, San Antonio, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Church, Panna Maria, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas
Death Place San Antonio, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas

a priest for 66.3 years
a bishop for 27.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Robert Emmet Lucey †
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores †
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alfons Nossol
Bishop of Opole
Bishop Charles Victor Grahmann †
Bishop of Dallas, Texas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores † (1970)
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Runge, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas
Ordained Priest	San Fernando, Cathedral, San Antonio, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas
Ordained Bishop	Immaculate Conception, Church, Panna Maria, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas
Death Place	San Antonio, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 3 Jan 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 140, Number 12,455
c1: CB, 26 Feb 2015

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