Bishop Austin Anthony Vetter

Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Sep 1967		Born
29 Jun 1993	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
8 Oct 2019	52.0	Appointed	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA
20 Nov 2019	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA

MicroData Summary
Austin Anthony Vetter
Bishop Austin Anthony Vetter
(born 13 Sep 1967)
Bishop of Helena

Ad Limina - February 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Linton, ND, Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota
Ordained Priest Holy Spirit, Cathedral, Bismarck, Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota
Ordained Bishop Saint Helena, Cathedral, Helena, Diocese of Helena, Montana

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Helena.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Francis Kinney †
Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alexander King Sample
Archbishop of Portland in Oregon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Francis Checchio
Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey
Bishop David Dennis Kagan
Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alexander King Sample (2006)
Archbishop of Portland in Oregon
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William Draper Byrne (2020)
Bishop Jeffrey Michael Fleming (2022)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q70078873

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Oct 2019
ob/mn/c1: CB, 8 Oct 2019
c2+: CB, 28 Oct 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Number 20,274

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