Bishop Bernard Joseph Flanagan †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1908		Born	Proctor, VT
8 Dec 1931	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Burlington, Vermont, USA
1 Sep 1953	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
30 Nov 1953	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
8 Aug 1959	51.4	Appointed	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
24 Sep 1959	51.5	Installed	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
31 Mar 1983	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
28 Jan 1998	89.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

a priest for 66.1 years
a bishop for 44.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Edward Francis Ryan †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vincent Stanislaus Waters †
John Patrick Cardinal Cody †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bernard Joseph Flanagan † (1953)
Bishop Edward Francis Ryan † (1945)
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 Timothy Joseph Harrington †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Francis Joyce †
Bishop Vincent Joseph Hines †
Bishop Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. †
Bishop Edward Cornelius O'Leary †
Bishop John Aloysius Marshall †
Bishop Louis Edward Gelineau
Bishop George Edward Rueger

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