Archbishop Douglas William Young, S.V.D.

Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jan 1950		Born
13 Aug 1977	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
14 Apr 2000	50.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
14 Apr 2000	50.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari
2 Jul 2000	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari
17 Jul 2006	56.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
18 Mar 2025	75.1	Retired	Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary
Douglas William Young
Archbishop Douglas William Young S.V.D.
(born 23 Jan 1950)
Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - June 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Brisbane, Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia
Ordained Bishop Open Air, John Paul II Oval, Mount Hagen, Archdiocese of Mount Hagen

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Mount Hagen.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D. †
Archbishop of Mount Hagen
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †
Bishop of Wabag
Bishop Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C. †
Bishop of Kavieng

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D. † (1984)
Archbishop of Mount Hagen
Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. † (1960)
Archbishop of Mount Hagen
Bishop John Joseph Wright † (1947)
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico 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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Sundu (2021)
Archbishop Clement Papa (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Dariusz Piotr Kałuża, M.S.F. (2016)
Bishop Peter Houhou (2018)
Bishop Justin Ain Soongie (2021)
Bishop Timothy John Norton, S.V.D. (2022)
Bishop Walenty Gryk, S.V.D. (2022)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1252580

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 17 Jul 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 160, Number 13,805
r: Bollettino, 18 Mar 2025

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