Bishop Joseph Charles Bambera

Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1956		Born	Carbondale, PA
14 May 1983	27.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
5 Nov 1983	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
23 Feb 2010	53.9	Appointed	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
26 Apr 2010	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

Ad Limina - December 2011: Bishop

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Scranton.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick †
Ordained Priest by:
John Joseph Cardinal O’Connor †
Principal Consecrator:
Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Clifford Timlin
Bishop John Martin Dougherty

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Charles Bambera (2010)
Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali (1985)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (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 †

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 23 Feb 2010
ob/c2+: CB

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