Bishop Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico

Titular Bishop of Penafiel

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Feb 1892		Born	Cincinnati, OH
16 May 1916	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
20 Jul 1940	48.4	Appointed	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
9 Oct 1940	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
25 Aug 1969	77.5	Retired	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
25 Aug 1969	77.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Penafiel
19 Feb 1971	79.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

a priest for 54.8 years
a bishop for 30.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Henry Albers †
Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bernard Theodore Espelage, O.F.M. † (1940)
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 †

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