Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss

Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1930		Born	Milwaukee
26 May 1956	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
5 Nov 1979	49.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
20 Dec 1979	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
27 Jun 1985	54.7	Succeeded	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
28 Jun 2007	76.7	Retired	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Superior.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop George Albert Hammes †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B.
Archbishop William Edward Cousins †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss (1979)
Bishop George Albert Hammes † (1960)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Forsyth Christensen

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 28 Jun 2007

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