Bishop Charles Roman Koester †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri

Titular Bishop of Suacia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Sep 1915		Born	Jefferson City, MO
20 Dec 1941	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
2 Jan 1971	55.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
2 Jan 1971	55.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Suacia
11 Feb 1971	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Suacia
10 Sep 1991	76.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
24 Dec 1997	82.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

a priest for 56.0 years
a bishop for 26.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Joseph Cardinal Carberry †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin †
Bishop Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Charles Roman Koester † (1971)
John Joseph Cardinal Carberry † (1956)
Bishop Raymond Augustine Kearney † (1935)
Archbishop Thomas Edmund Molloy † (1920)
Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell † (1892)
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
John Cardinal McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop John Dubois, P.S.S. † (1826)
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Cardinal Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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 Edward Joseph O'Donnell
Bishop James Terry Steib, S.V.D.

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