Bishop Gerard Francis Loft, S. M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Auki

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Apr 1933		Born	Wellington, New Zealand
20 Jul 1958	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
5 Dec 1983	50.7	Appointed	Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands
11 Mar 1984	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands
19 Oct 2004	71.5	Resigned	Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands
4 Feb 2007	73.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Auki, Solomon Islands

a priest for 48.5 years
a bishop for 22.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S. M. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Peter Kurongku †
Bishop Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gerard Francis Loft, S. M. † (1984)
Archbishop Daniel Willem Stuyvenberg, S. M. † (1959)
Archbishop Romolo Carboni † (1953)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
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 †

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