Bishop Edward Gabriel Risi, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1949		Born
1967²	17.9	Entered	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Feb 1968³	19.0	Professed	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
12 Jul 1974	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
5 Jul 2000	51.4	Appointed	Bishop of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa
14 Oct 2000	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa
4 Dec 2025	76.9	Died	Bishop of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Edward Gabriel Risi
Bishop Edward Gabriel Risi O.M.I.
(born 6 Jan 1949, died 4 Dec 2025)
Bishop of Keimoes-Upington

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Johannesburg, Vicariate Apostolic of Johannesburg
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Stadium, Upington, Diocese of Keimoes-Upington
Death Place Milpark, Hospital, Johannesburg, Archdiocese of Johannesburg

a priest for 51.3 years
a bishop for 25.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Zithulele Patrick Mvemve †
Bishop of Klerksdorp
Bishop Anthony Chiminello, O.S.F.S. †
Bishop of Keetmanshoop

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. (1999)
Archbishop of Bloemfontein
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947)
Archbishop Emeritus of Durban
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Noel Andrew Rucastle (2020)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1292288

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 161, Number 13,852
d: CB, 4 Dec 2025

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