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

a priest for 51.5 years
a bishop for 30.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. †
Bishop James Edward (Jaime Eduardo) McManus, C.SS.R. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. † (1960)
Archbishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart † (1943)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Sean Patrick Cardinal O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Luis Cardinal Aponte Martínez
Bishop Bernardo José Nolker, C.SS.R. †
Bishop Rafael Grovas Felix †
Bishop Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.SS.R. †

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