Bishop Joseph Basil Roper †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba

Titular Bishop of Elusa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Mar 1888		Born	Varrnambool
30 Nov 1911	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ballarat, Australia
13 Jul 1938	50.3	Appointed	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
28 Oct 1938	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
20 Nov 1938	50.7	Installed	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
14 Oct 1952	64.6	Resigned	Bishop of Toowoomba, Australia
14 Oct 1952	64.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Elusa
28 Jul 1964	76.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba, Australia

a priest for 52.7 years
a bishop for 25.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Michael Kelly †
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Daniel Mannix †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Terence Bernard McGuire †
Bishop Hugo Edward Ryan †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Basil Roper † (1938)
Archbishop Daniel Mannix † (1912)
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Pope Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1831)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
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 Andrew Gerard Tynan †
Bishop Edward John Doody †

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