Bishop Steven Joseph Lopes

Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA

Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross

Motto: Magna Opera Domini

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Apr 1975		Born
5 Oct 2000	25.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of San Francisco, California, USA
23 Jun 2001	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA
24 Nov 2015	40.5	Appointed	Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA
2 Feb 2016	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA
11 May 2026	51.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia

MicroData Summary
Steven Joseph Lopes
Bishop Steven Joseph Lopes
(born 22 Apr 1975)
Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter

Ad Limina - January 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Fremont, CA, Diocese of Oakland, California
Ordained Priest St. Mary, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Co-Cathedral, Houston, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas

Please contact the Bishop through the Personal Ordinariate of The Chair of Saint Peter.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop William Joseph Levada †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Consecrator:
Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller
Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agnese in Agone
Principal Co-Consecrators:
William Joseph Cardinal Levada †
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica
Donald William Cardinal Wuerl
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller (2002)
Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agnese in Agone
Friedrich Cardinal Wetter (1968)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Isidor Markus Emanuel † (1953)
Titular Bishop of Marazanae
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 David Arthur Waller (2024)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Fremont, CA, Diocese of Oakland, California
Ordained Priest	St. Mary, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Bishop	Sacred Heart, Co-Cathedral, Houston, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas

External Link(s):

VIAF: 280312430
WikiData: Q21554860

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 24 Nov 2015
ob: CB, 24 Nov 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 227, Number 18,835
op.loc: CB, 24 Oct 2022
ab: Bollettino, 11 May 2026

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