Bishop Michael William Warfel

Bishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Sep 1948		Born	Elkhart, IN
26 Apr 1980	31.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
19 Nov 1996	48.2	Appointed	Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA
17 Dec 1996	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA
23 Oct 2001	53.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
7 Jun 2002	53.7	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
20 Nov 2007	59.2	Appointed	Bishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
16 Jan 2008	59.3	Installed	Bishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis Thomas Hurley
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. †
Bishop William Stephen Skylstad

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael William Warfel (1996)
Archbishop Francis Thomas Hurley (1970)
Bishop Mark Joseph Hurley † (1968)
Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken † (1941)
Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell † (1917)
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna † (1912)
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Donald Joseph Kettler

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