Bishop Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Aug 1917		Born	Philadelphia, PA
18 May 1944	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA
13 Dec 1961	44.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
13 Dec 1961	44.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Latopolis
22 Feb 1962	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Latopolis
12 Dec 1964	47.3	Appointed	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
22 Feb 1990	72.5	Resigned	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
4 Jan 1993	75.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

a priest for 48.6 years
a bishop for 30.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vincent Stanislaus Waters †
Bishop Joseph Howard Hodges †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ernest Leo Unterkoefler † (1962)
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi † (1949)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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:
Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin †
Bishop Walter Francis Sullivan

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