Bishop Carl Frederick Mengeling †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Oct 1930		Born
25 May 1957	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gary, Indiana, USA
7 Nov 1995	65.0	Appointed	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
25 Jan 1996	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
27 Feb 2008	77.3	Retired	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
1 Jul 2025	94.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary
Carl Frederick Mengeling
Bishop Carl Frederick Mengeling
(born 22 Oct 1930, died 1 Jul 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Lansing

Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Hammond, Diocese of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ordained Priest Holy Angels, Cathedral, Gary, IN, Diocese of Gary, Indiana
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Cathedral, Lansing, Diocese of Lansing, Michigan
Death Place Mother Theresa House for the Care of the Terminally Ill, Lansing, Diocese of Lansing, Michigan
Buried Place (Original) Saint Joseph Catholic, Cemetery, Lansing, Diocese of Lansing, Michigan

a priest for 68.1 years
a bishop for 29.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Andrew Gregory Grutka †
Bishop of Gary, Indiana
Principal Consecrator:
Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Kenneth Joseph Povish †
Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan
Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek †
Coadjutor Bishop of Gary, Indiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida (1984)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Gerald (Jerry) Lee Vincke (1999)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Albert Murray † (1998)
Bishop Steven John Raica (2014)
Bishop Gerald (Jerry) Lee Vincke (2018)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 284652760
WikiData: Q1037857

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 27 Feb 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,659
op.loc: CB, 26 Oct 2022
d: CB, 1 Jul 2025

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