Bishop Bernard Denis Stewart †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Aug 1900		Born
8 Dec 1929	29.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Melbourne, Australia
12 Dec 1946	46.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
12 Dec 1946	46.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ucres
11 Feb 1947	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ucres
18 Aug 1950	50.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
21 Apr 1979	78.7	Retired	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
15 Oct 1988	88.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst, Australia

MicroData Summary
Bernard Denis Stewart
Bishop Bernard Denis Stewart
(born 2 Aug 1900, died 15 Oct 1988)
Bishop Emeritus of Sandhurst

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Essendon, Archdiocese of Melbourne
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Bendigo, Diocese of Sandhurst
Death Place Bendigo, Diocese of Sandhurst

a priest for 58.8 years
a bishop for 41.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Pietro Fumasoni Biondi †
Titular Archbishop of Doclea
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Justin Daniel Simonds †
Titular Archbishop of Antinoë
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Matthew Beovich †
Archbishop of Adelaide
Bishop Patrick Francis Lyons †
Bishop of Christchurch

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Justin Daniel Simonds † (1937)
Titular Archbishop of Antinoë
Archbishop Giovanni Panico † (1935)
Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana Prima
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Francis Peter de Campo † (1949)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas † (1962)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Thomas Vincent Cahill † (1949)
Archbishop Launcelot John Goody † (1951)
Bishop William Joseph Brennan † (1953)
Bishop Arthur Francis Fox † (1957)
Bishop Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M. † (1957)
Bishop Douglas Joseph Warren † (1964)
Bishop Noel Desmond Daly † (1979)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13409866

Source(s):

c134: AustOceaniaBishops.org
op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1947, Number 2

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