Bishop George Edward Rueger †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Titular Bishop of Maronana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Sep 1929		Born
6 Jan 1958	28.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
16 Jan 1987	57.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
16 Jan 1987	57.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maronana
25 Feb 1987	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Maronana
25 Jan 2005	75.3	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
6 Apr 2019	89.5	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary
George Edward Rueger
Bishop George Edward Rueger
(born 23 Sep 1929, died 6 Apr 2019)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Worcester

Event Place
Birth Place Framingham, Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts
Ordained Bishop St. Paul, Cathedral, Worcester, Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts
Death Place Worcester, Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts

a priest for 61.2 years
a bishop for 32.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Joseph Wright †
Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Timothy Joseph Harrington †
Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernard Joseph Flanagan †
Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts
Bishop John Aloysius Marshall †
Bishop of Burlington, Vermont

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Timothy Joseph Harrington † (1968)
Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts
Bishop Bernard Joseph Flanagan † (1953)
Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1507289

Source(s):

d: CB, 8 Apr 2019
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 102, Number 8,874

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