Bishop Barry Christopher Knestout

Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jun 1962		Born
24 Jun 1989	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
18 Nov 2008	46.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
18 Nov 2008	46.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Leavenworth
29 Dec 2008	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Leavenworth
5 Dec 2017	55.4	Appointed	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
12 Jan 2018	55.5	Installed	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

MicroData Summary for Barry Christopher Knestout
Bishop Barry Christopher Knestout (born 11 Jun 1962) Bishop of Richmond

Ad Limina - January 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - December 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Cheverly, MD, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia
Ordained Priest Saint Matthew, Cathedral, Washington, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia
Ordained Bishop Saint Matthew, Cathedral Basilica, Washington, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Richmond.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey †
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Donald William Wuerl
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francisco González Valer, S.F.
Titular Bishop of Lamphua
Bishop Martin David Holley
Titular Bishop of Rusibisir

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Donald William Wuerl (1986)
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Roy Edward Campbell, Jr. (2017)
Bishop Michael William Fisher (2018)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cheverly, MD, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia
Ordained Priest	Saint Matthew, Cathedral, Washington, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia
Ordained Bishop	Saint Matthew, Cathedral Basilica, Washington, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 18 Nov 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Number 16,002
ab: Bollettino, 5 Dec 2017
i: CB, 5 Dec 2017
op.loc: CB, 24 Oct 2022

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