Bishop Victor Herman Balke

Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Sep 1931		Born	Meppen
24 May 1958	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Springfield in Illinois, USA
7 Jul 1976	44.8	Appointed	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
2 Sep 1976	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
28 Sep 2007	76.0	Retired	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Crookston.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Robert Roach †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Alphonse McNicholas †
Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Victor Herman Balke (1976)
Archbishop John Robert Roach † (1971)
Luigi Cardinal Raimondi † (1954)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Joseph Hoeppner

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 28 Sep 2007

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