Bishop Wilfrid Emmett Doyle †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Feb 1913		Born
5 Jun 1938	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9 Nov 1958	45.7	Appointed	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
3 Dec 1958	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
6 Nov 1989	76.7	Retired	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
14 Sep 2003	90.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

MicroData Summary
Wilfrid Emmett Doyle
Bishop Wilfrid Emmett Doyle
(born 18 Feb 1913, died 14 Sep 2003)
Bishop Emeritus of Nelson

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Calgary, Diocese of Calgary, Alberta
Ordained Bishop Edmonton, Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta
Death Place Kelowna, Diocese of Nelson, British Columbia
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Nelson, Diocese of Nelson, British Columbia

a priest for 65.2 years
a bishop for 44.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Hugh MacDonald †
Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Panico †
Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana Prima
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michael Cornelius O’Neill †
Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan
Bishop Francis Valentine Allen †
Titular Bishop of Avensa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giovanni Panico † (1935)
Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana Prima
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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:
Archbishop Peter Joseph Mallon † (1990)
Bishop Eugene Jerome Cooney (1996)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q8001937

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1958, Number 95
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 459, and Page 460

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