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
11 Dec 1961	44.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
11 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

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

a priest for 48.6 years
a bishop for 30.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vincent Stanislaus Waters †
Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina
Bishop Joseph Howard Hodges †
Titular Bishop of Rusadus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Bishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Bishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrique Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin † (1966)
Bishop Walter Francis Sullivan † (1970)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1962, Number 15

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