Bishop Norman Francis McFarland

Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Feb 1922		Born	Martínez, CA
15 Jun 1946	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA
5 Jun 1970	48.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
5 Jun 1970	48.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bida
8 Sep 1970	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bida
6 Dec 1974	52.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Reno, Nevada, USA
10 Feb 1976	54.0	Appointed	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA
31 Mar 1976	54.1	Installed	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA
29 Dec 1986	64.9	Appointed	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
24 Feb 1987	65.0	Installed	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
30 Jun 1998	76.4	Resigned	Bishop of Orange in California, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Orange in California.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe †
Bishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Norman Francis McFarland (1970)
Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken † (1941)
Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell † (1917)
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna † (1912)
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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:
Bishop Michael Patrick Driscoll
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jaime Soto

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