Bishop Edward William O'Rourke †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Oct 1917		Born	Downs, IL
28 May 1944	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Peoria, Illinois, USA
24 May 1971	53.6	Appointed	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
15 Jul 1971	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
22 Jan 1990	72.2	Retired	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
29 Sep 1999	81.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Peoria, Illinois, USA

a priest for 55.3 years
a bishop for 28.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Patrick Cardinal Cody †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Baptist Franz †
Bishop George Henry Speltz †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edward William O'Rourke † (1971)
John Patrick Cardinal Cody † (1947)
Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter † (1933)
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Cardinal Falconio, O.F.M. † (1892)
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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:
Archbishop John Joseph Myers

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