Bishop Fernand Joseph Cheri III, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Titular Bishop of Membressa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jan 1952		Born
Jan 1978³	25.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
20 May 1978	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
26 Aug 1996	44.5	Solemn Vows	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
12 Jan 2015	62.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
12 Jan 2015	62.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Membressa
23 Mar 2015	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Membressa
21 Mar 2023	71.1	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Fernand Joseph Cheri III
(VIAF: 14194268; WikiData: Q18755864)
Bishop Fernand Joseph Cheri III O.F.M. (born 28 Jan 1952, died 21 Mar 2023) Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans

Ad Limina - December 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Ordained Deacon Epiphany, Church, New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Ordained Priest Saint Louis, King of France, Cathedral Basilica, New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Ordained Bishop Saint Louis, King of France, Cathedral Basilica, New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Death Place Chateau de Notre Dame, New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana

a priest for 44.8 years
a bishop for 7.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan †
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Wilton Daniel Gregory
Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia
Bishop James Terry Steib, S.V.D.
Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond (1997)
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Archbishop Francis Bible Schulte † (1981)
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
John Joseph Cardinal Krol † (1953)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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 Lawrence Sydney Nicasio † (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Ordained Deacon	Epiphany, Church, New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Ordained Priest	Saint Louis, King of France, Cathedral Basilica, New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Ordained Bishop	Saint Louis, King of France, Cathedral Basilica, New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Death Place	Chateau de Notre Dame, New Orleans, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Jan 2015
ob: CB, 12 Jan 2015
c2: CB, 9 Feb 2015
c1: CB, 17 Mar 2015
c34: CB, 23 Mar 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 222, Number 18,394
op.loc: CB, 20 Oct 2022
od: CB, 21 Oct 2022
d: CB, 21 Mar 2023

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