Bishop Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P.

Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Dec 1929		Born	Springfield, MA
15 Aug 1949	19.7	Solemn Professed	Member of Congregation of the Passion
28 Apr 1956	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Passion
10 Jan 1986	56.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA
10 Jan 1986	56.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mactaris
19 Mar 1986	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mactaris
20 Mar 1990	60.3	Appointed	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
25 May 1990	60.4	Installed	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
13 Nov 2004	74.9	Retired	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Orlando.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Edward Anthony McCarthy †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire
Bishop Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. (1986)
Archbishop Edward Anthony McCarthy † (1965)
Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter † (1931)
Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † (1918)
Tommaso Pio Cardinal Boggiani, O.P. † (1908)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Leonard William Kenney, C.P.
Bishop Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. †

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