Bishop Bernard Matthew Kelly †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island

Titular Bishop of Tegea

Titular See: (renounced the priesthood)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 May 1918		Born	Providence
3 Jun 1944	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
25 Nov 1963	45.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
25 Nov 1963	45.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tegea
30 Jan 1964	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tegea
14 Jun 1971	53.1	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
5 Dec 2006	88.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

a priest for 62.5 years
a bishop for 42.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Russell Joseph McVinney †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Mark McShea †
Bishop Gerald Vincent McDevitt †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bernard Matthew Kelly † (1964)
Bishop Russell Joseph McVinney † (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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ernest Bertrand Boland, O.P.

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