Bishop Victor Herman Balke

Bishop Emeritus of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Sep 1931		Born
24 May 1958	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Springfield in Illinois, USA
7 Jul 1976	44.7	Appointed	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
2 Sep 1976	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
28 Sep 2007	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA

MicroData Summary
Victor Herman Balke
Bishop Victor Herman Balke
(born 29 Sep 1931)
Bishop Emeritus of Crookston

Ad Limina - December 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Meppen, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Ordained Priest Springfield, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Ordained Bishop Crookston, Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Crookston.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor †
Bishop of Springfield in Illinois
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Robert Roach †
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Alphonse McNicholas †
Bishop of Springfield in Illinois
Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor †
Bishop Emeritus of Springfield in Illinois

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Robert Roach † (1971)
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Joseph Hoeppner (2007)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1567710

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 28 Sep 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 39, Number 2,432
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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