Bishop Bernard William Schmitt

Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Aug 1928		Born	Wheeling
28 May 1955	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
27 May 1988	59.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
27 May 1988	59.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Walla Walla
1 Aug 1988	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Walla Walla
29 Mar 1989	60.6	Appointed	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
9 Dec 2004	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop William Donald Borders
Archbishop Donald William Wuerl

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bernard William Schmitt (1988)
Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte (1981)
John Joseph Cardinal Krol † (1953)
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 Michael Joseph Bransfield

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