Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek

Bishop of Gary, Indiana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Nov 1938		Born	Detroit
6 Jun 1964	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA
3 Dec 1982	44.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
3 Dec 1982	44.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tragurium
27 Jan 1983	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tragurium
19 Aug 1992	53.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Gary, Indiana, USA
28 Oct 1995	57.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA
1 Jun 1996	57.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Gary.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
John Francis Cardinal Dearden †
Edmund Casimir Cardinal Szoka
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †
Bishop Arthur Henry Krawczak †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek (1964)
John Francis Cardinal Dearden † (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 Bernard Joseph Harrington
Bishop Kevin Michael Britt †
Bishop Carl Frederick Mengeling
Bishop Leonard Paul Blair

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