Bishop Robert Louis Whelan, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Fairbanks, Alaska

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Apr 1912		Born	Wallace, ID
17 Jun 1944	32.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
6 Dec 1967	55.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
6 Dec 1967	55.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba
22 Feb 1968	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sicilibba
15 Nov 1968	56.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
13 Feb 1969	56.8	Installed	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
1 Jun 1985	73.1	Retired	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
15 Sep 2001	89.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

a priest for 57.2 years
a bishop for 33.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Luigi Cardinal Raimondi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Joseph Thomas Ryan †
Bishop Francis Doyle Gleeson, S.J. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Robert Louis Whelan, S.J. † (1968)
Luigi Cardinal Raimondi † (1954)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. †

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