Bishop Roger Joseph Foys

Bishop Emeritus of Covington, Kentucky, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jul 1945		Born
16 May 1973	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
31 May 2002	56.8	Appointed	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
15 Jul 2002	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
13 Jul 2021	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA

MicroData Summary
Roger Joseph Foys
Bishop Roger Joseph Foys
(born 27 Jul 1945)
Bishop Emeritus of Covington

Event Place
Birth Place Chicago, IL, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
Ordained Priest Holy Name, Cathedral, Steubenville, Diocese of Steubenville, Ohio
Ordained Bishop Assumption, Cathedral Basilica, Covington, Diocese of Covington, Kentucky

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Covington.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Anthony King Mussio †
Bishop of Steubenville, Ohio
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. †
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon †
Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio
Bishop Robert William Muench
Bishop of Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. † (1977)
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop Joseph Louis Bernardin † (1966)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop Paul John Hallinan † (1958)
Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia
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 John Curtis Iffert (2021)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q188065

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 168, Number 14,226
r: Bollettino, 13 Jul 2021
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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