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Bishop Louis Edward Gelineau †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Burlington, Diocese of Burlington, Vermont
Ordained Priest	Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Burlington, Diocese of Burlington, Vermont
Ordained Bishop	Sts. Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Providence, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island
Death Place	Saint Antoine Residence, North Smithfield, RI, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island

a priest for 71.4 years a bishop for 52.7 years

Ordained Priest by: Bishop Edward Francis Ryan † Bishop of Burlington, Vermont Principal Consecrator: Bishop Robert Francis Joyce † Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Bernard Joseph Flanagan † Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts Bishop Edward Cornelius O’Leary † Titular Bishop of Moglaena

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Robert Francis Joyce † (1954) Bishop Emeritus of Burlington, Vermont Bishop Edward Francis Ryan † (1945) Bishop of Burlington, Vermont Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939) Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901) Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Pope Pius IX (1827) (Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †) Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773) Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761) Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749) Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743) Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus 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: Monsignor Albert A. Kenney (1994) Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri (1995) Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Kenneth Anthony Angell † (1974) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Daniel Patrick Reilly † (1975) Bishop Lawrence James Kenney † (1983) Bishop Francis Xavier Roque † (1983) Archbishop Joseph Thomas Dimino † (1983) Bishop Robert Joseph McManus (1999) Bishop Robert Charles Evans (2009)

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