Bishop Henry Joseph Soenneker †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 May 1907		Born
26 May 1934	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
10 Mar 1961	53.7	Appointed	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
26 Apr 1961	53.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
30 Jun 1982	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
24 Sep 1987	80.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

MicroData Summary
Henry Joseph Soenneker
Bishop Henry Joseph Soenneker
(born 27 May 1907, died 24 Sep 1987)
Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Melrose, MN, Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Cathedral, Saint Cloud, Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Death Place Owensboro, Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky

a priest for 53.3 years
a bishop for 26.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop James Joseph Hartley †
Bishop of Columbus, Ohio
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Peter William Bartholome †
Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis Joseph Schenk †
Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota
Bishop Joseph Maximilian Mueller †
Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Peter William Bartholome † (1942)
Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Edward Louis Fedders, M.M. † (1963)
Bishop John Jeremiah McRaith † (1982)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2039620

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 49
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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