Bishop John Walter Yanta

Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Oct 1931		Born	Runge
17 Mar 1956	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA
27 Oct 1994	63.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
27 Oct 1994	63.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Naratcata
30 Dec 1994	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Naratcata
21 Jan 1997	65.3	Appointed	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
17 Mar 1997	65.5	Installed	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
3 Jan 2008	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Amarillo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alfons Nossol
Bishop Charles Victor Grahmann

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Walter Yanta (1994)
Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores (1970)
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 †

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