Bishop Eugene John Gerber †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA

Motto: God With Us

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Apr 1930		Born
19 May 1959	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wichita, Kansas, USA
16 Oct 1976	46.4	Appointed	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA
14 Dec 1976	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA
17 Nov 1982	52.5	Appointed	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
9 Feb 1983	52.7	Installed	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
4 Oct 2001	71.4	Resigned	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
29 Sep 2018	88.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA

MicroData Summary
Eugene John Gerber
Bishop Eugene John Gerber
(born 30 Apr 1930, died 29 Sep 2018)
Bishop Emeritus of Wichita

Event Place
Birth Place Kingman County, Diocese of Wichita, Kansas
Ordained Priest St. Patrick’s, Church, Kingman, Diocese of Wichita, Kansas
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Wichita, Diocese of Wichita, Kansas
Death Place Via Christi-St. Francis, Hospital, Wichita, Diocese of Wichita, Kansas
Buried Place (Original) Ascension, Cemetery, Bel Aire, Diocese of Wichita, Kansas

a priest for 59.3 years
a bishop for 41.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Mark Kenny Carroll †
Bishop of Wichita, Kansas
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop David Monas Maloney †
Bishop of Wichita, Kansas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Marion Francis Forst †
Titular Bishop of Scala
Bishop Richard Charles Patrick Hanifen
Titular Bishop of Abercornia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop David Monas Maloney † (1961)
Bishop of Wichita, Kansas
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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:
Archbishop Paul Stagg Coakley (1983)
Bishop James Douglas Conley (1985)
Archbishop William Shawn McKnight (1994)
Bishop John Balthasar Brungardt (1998)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas James Olmsted (1999)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ronald Michael Gilmore (1998)
Archbishop Paul Stagg Coakley (2004)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 9475779
WikiData: Q1373128

Source(s):

d: CB, 29 Sep 2018
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1976, Number 128
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 39, Number 2,442
c1: CB, 14 May 2022

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