Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1912		Born	Carrick, PA, USA
13 Aug 1939	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
19 Dec 1959	47.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
19 Dec 1959	47.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Belabitene
21 Apr 1960	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Belabitene
15 Nov 1966	54.8	Appointed	Bishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
18 Mar 1982	70.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
7 Mar 1987	75.1	Retired	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
21 Dec 1987	75.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 48.4 years
a bishop for 27.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Joseph Cardinal Wright †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Peter McManaman †
Bishop Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. † (1960)
John Joseph Cardinal Wright † (1947)
Richard James Cardinal Cushing † (1939)
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Francesco Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †
Archbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Henry Anthony A. van Lieshout, C.M.M. †

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