Bishop Leo Ferdinand Dworschak †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Apr 1900		Born
29 May 1926	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
22 Jun 1946	46.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
22 Jun 1946	46.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tium
22 Aug 1946	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tium
10 Apr 1947	47.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
23 Feb 1960	59.8	Appointed	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
10 May 1960	60.0	Installed	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
8 Sep 1970	70.4	Resigned	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
8 Sep 1970	70.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Meta
13 Jan 1971	70.7	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Meta
5 Nov 1976	76.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

MicroData Summary for Leo Ferdinand Dworschak
Bishop Leo Ferdinand Dworschak (born 6 Apr 1900, died 5 Nov 1976) Bishop Emeritus of Fargo

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 Independence, WI

a priest for 50.4 years
a bishop for 30.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vincent James Ryan †
Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota
Bishop William Theodore Mulloy †
Bishop of Covington, Kentucky

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Johannes Bydolek † (1949)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 70

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