Bishop Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz

Bishop Emeritus of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Motto: Sub Tuum Præsidium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Sep 1935		Born
8 May 1960	24.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
17 Jul 1960	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
24 Mar 1992	56.5	Appointed	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
13 May 1992	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
14 Sep 2012	77.0	Retired	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

MicroData Summary
Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz
Bishop Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz
(born 6 Sep 1935)
Bishop Emeritus of Lincoln

Ad Limina - November 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Milwaukee, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ordained Priest Twelve Holy Apostles, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Risen Christ, Cathedral, Lincoln, Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Lincoln.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Martin John O’Connor †
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria
Ordained Priest by:
Luigi Cardinal Traglia †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Daniel Eugene Sheehan †
Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Leo Joseph Brust †
Titular Bishop of Suelli
Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin †
Bishop Emeritus of Lincoln, Nebraska

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Daniel Eugene Sheehan † (1964)
Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska
Archbishop Gerald Thomas Bergan † (1934)
Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska
George William Cardinal Mundelein † (1909)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Bishop Charles Edward McDonnell † (1892)
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

Ordained Priest:
Monsignor Richard Allen Gyhra (1999)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas James Olmsted (1999)
Bishop Robert Francis Vasa (2000)
Bishop William Joseph Dendinger (2004)
Archbishop Michael Owen Jackels (2005)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q781309

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130, Number 11,679
r: Bollettino, 14 Sep 2012
op.loc: CB, 27 Oct 2022

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