Archbishop Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kerema

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Mar 1915		Born	Toowoomba, Australia
23 Jul 1944	29.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
19 Dec 1959	44.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
19 Dec 1959	44.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bennefa
27 Apr 1960	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bennefa
15 Nov 1966	51.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
19 Dec 1975	60.8	Resigned	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
24 May 1976	61.2	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
6 Dec 1988	73.7	Resigned	Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
3 Oct 1993	78.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kerema, 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 49.2 years
a bishop for 33.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Duhig †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Joseph Brennan †
Bishop John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C. † (1960)
Archbishop James Duhig † (1905)
Archbishop Michael Kelly † (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 Desmond Charles Moore, M.S.C.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. †
Archbishop Herman To Paivu †
Bishop Paul John Marx, M.S.C.

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