Bishop Bernard James Ganter †

Deceased

Bishop of Beaumont, Texas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jul 1928		Born	Galveston
22 May 1952	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Galveston, Texas, USA
13 Dec 1972	44.4	Appointed	Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
7 Feb 1973	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
18 Oct 1977	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
13 Dec 1977	49.4	Installed	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA
9 Oct 1993	65.2	Died	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA

a priest for 41.4 years
a bishop for 20.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Luigi Cardinal Raimondi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Wendelin Joseph Nold †
Bishop John Louis Morkovsky †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bernard James Ganter † (1973)
Luigi Cardinal Raimondi † (1954)
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 †

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