Bishop René Henry Gracida

Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jun 1923		Born	New Orleans, LA
23 May 1959	36.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Miami, Florida, USA
6 Dec 1971	48.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA
6 Dec 1971	48.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Masuccaba
25 Jan 1972	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Masuccaba
1 Oct 1975	52.3	Appointed	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA
6 Nov 1975	52.4	Installed	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA
19 May 1983	59.9	Appointed	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
11 Jul 1983	60.1	Installed	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
1 Apr 1997	73.8	Resigned	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Corpus Christi.

a priest for years
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Principal Consecrator:
John Francis Cardinal Dearden †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Coleman Francis Carroll †
Bishop Paul Francis Tanner †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop René Henry Gracida (1972)
John Francis Cardinal Dearden † (1948)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez
Bishop John Joseph Nevins
Bishop James Anthony Tamayo
Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores

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