Bishop Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jul 1910		Born	Brooklyn, NY, USA
18 Jun 1939	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
23 Jul 1960	50.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Heraclea Pontica
23 Jul 1960	50.0	Appointed	Prelate of Virgin Islands, USA
6 Oct 1960	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Heraclea Pontica
20 Apr 1977	66.7	Appointed	Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
16 Oct 1985	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
2 Dec 1990	80.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 51.5 years
a bishop for 30.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. †
Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota
Bishop James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.SS.R. †
Bishop of Ponce

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart † (1943)
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Sean Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (1984)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Luis Cardinal Aponte Martínez † (1960)
Bishop Bernardo José Nolker, C.SS.R. † (1963)
Bishop Rafael Grovas Felix † (1965)
Bishop Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.SS.R. † (1974)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1960, Number 100

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