Bishop Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey, C.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA

Motto: Love Is Ingenious

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Dec 1929		Born
15 Aug 1949	19.6	Solemn Vows	Member of Congregation of the Passion
28 Apr 1956	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Passion
10 Jan 1986	56.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA
10 Jan 1986	56.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mactaris
19 Mar 1986	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mactaris
20 Mar 1990	60.2	Appointed	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
25 May 1990	60.4	Installed	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
13 Nov 2004	74.9	Retired	Bishop of Orlando, Florida, USA
21 Feb 2013	83.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA

MicroData Summary
Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey
Bishop Norbert Mary Leonard James Dorsey C.P.
(born 14 Dec 1929, died 21 Feb 2013)
Bishop Emeritus of Orlando

Ad Limina - March 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Springfield, MA
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Miami, Archdiocese of Miami, Florida

a priest for 56.8 years
a bishop for 26.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Cutbert Martin O’Gara, C.P. †
Bishop of Yuanling [Yüanling, Shen-Chou]
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Edward Anthony McCarthy †
Archbishop of Miami, Florida
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Francis Maguire †
Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts
Bishop Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P. †
Prelate Emeritus of Marbel

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Edward Anthony McCarthy † (1965)
Archbishop of Miami, Florida
Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter † (1931)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. † (1918)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Tommaso Pio Cardinal Boggiani, O.P. † (1908)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Stephen Douglas Parkes (1998)
Bishop Gregory Lawrence Parkes (1999)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William (Leonard) Kenney, C.P. (1987)
Bishop Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. † (1991)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5261882

Source(s):

d: CB, 21 Feb 2013
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 96, Number 8,244

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