Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1913		Born	St. George, IL
3 Apr 1937	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
8 Feb 1965	52.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
8 Feb 1965	52.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maxita
3 Apr 1965	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Maxita
19 Jul 1966	53.5	Appointed	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
30 Jan 1979	66.1	Resigned	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
10 Jan 1982	69.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

a priest for 44.8 years
a bishop for 16.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
George William Cardinal Mundelein †
Principal Consecrator:
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor †
Bishop Ernest John Primeau †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette † (1965)
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi † (1949)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Raymond James Vonesh †

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