Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA

Motto: To Know Christ

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Nov 1938		Born
6 Jun 1964	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA
3 Dec 1982	44.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
3 Dec 1982	44.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tragurium
27 Jan 1983	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tragurium
19 Aug 1992	53.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Gary, Indiana, USA
28 Oct 1995	56.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA
1 Jun 1996	57.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA
24 Nov 2014	76.0	Retired	Bishop of Gary, Indiana, USA
25 Aug 2022	83.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Gary, Indiana, USA

MicroData Summary
Dale Joseph Melczek
Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek
(born 9 Nov 1938, died 25 Aug 2022)
Bishop Emeritus of Gary

Event Place
Birth Place Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Bishop Most Blessed Sacrament, Cathedral, Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan

a priest for 58.2 years
a bishop for 39.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Francis Dearden †
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Edmund Casimir Szoka †
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †
Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania
Bishop Arthur Henry Krawczak †
Titular Bishop of Subbar

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Edmund Casimir Szoka † (1971)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
John Francis Cardinal Dearden † (1948)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
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 Bernard Joseph Harrington † (1994)
Bishop Kevin Michael Britt † (1994)
Bishop Carl Frederick Mengeling † (1996)
Archbishop Leonard Paul Blair (1999)
Bishop Robert John McClory (2020)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q542407

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 220, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 24 Nov 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 77, Number 6,254
d: CB, 25 Aug 2022

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