Bishop Loras Joseph Watters †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Oct 1915		Born	Dubuque, IA
7 Jun 1941	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
21 Jun 1965	49.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
21 Jun 1965	49.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Fidoloma
26 Aug 1965	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Fidoloma
8 Jan 1969	53.2	Appointed	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
13 Mar 1969	53.4	Installed	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
14 Oct 1986	71.0	Retired	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
30 Mar 2009	93.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA

a priest for 67.8 years
a bishop for 43.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Egidio Cardinal Vagnozzi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Joseph Byrne †
Archbishop James Vincent Casey †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Loras Joseph Watters † (1965)
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:
Bishop Robert Henry Brom

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