Bishop Joseph Anthony Pepe

Bishop Emeritus of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Motto: As One Who Serves

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jun 1942		Born
16 May 1970	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
6 Apr 2001	58.8	Appointed	Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
31 May 2001	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
28 Feb 2018	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

MicroData Summary
Joseph Anthony Pepe
Bishop Joseph Anthony Pepe
(born 18 Jun 1942)
Bishop Emeritus of Las Vegas

Event Place
Birth Place Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Guardian Angels, Cathedral, Las Vegas, Diocese of Las Vegas, Nevada

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Las Vegas.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
John Joseph Cardinal Krol †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Joseph Levada †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michael Jarboe Sheehan †
Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bishop Joseph Anthony Galante †
Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas, Texas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Joseph Levada † (1983)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Timothy Finbar Cardinal Manning † (1946)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Bishop Joseph Thomas McGucken † (1941)
Titular Bishop of Sanavus
Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell † (1917)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna † (1912)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gregory William Gordon (2021)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 89279967
WikiData: Q551675

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 163, Number 13,981
r: Bollettino, 28 Feb 2018
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 241, Deceased Cardinals (back)
op.loc: CB, 25 Oct 2022

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