Bishop Walter Francis Sullivan

Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jun 1928		Born	Washington
9 May 1953	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA
15 Oct 1970	42.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
15 Oct 1970	42.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Selsea
1 Dec 1970	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Selsea
4 Jun 1974	46.0	Appointed	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
19 Jul 1974	46.1	Installed	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
16 Sep 2003	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Richmond.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Joyce Russell †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †
Bishop Joseph Howard Hodges †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Walter Francis Sullivan (1970)
Bishop John Joyce Russell † (1950)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop David Edward Foley

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