Bishop David John Walkowiak

Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jun 1953		Born
9 Jun 1979	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
18 Apr 2013	59.8	Appointed	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
18 Jun 2013	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary
David John Walkowiak
Bishop David John Walkowiak
(born 18 Jun 1953)
Bishop of Grand Rapids

Ad Limina - December 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Cleveland, OH, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio
Ordained Priest St. John the Evangelist, Cathedral, Cleveland, OH, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio
Ordained Bishop Saint Andrew, Cathedral, Grand Rapids, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Grand Rapids.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop James Aloysius Hickey †
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Walter Allison Hurley
Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Bishop Richard Gerard Lennon †
Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron (1996)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11371916

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 18 Apr 2013
ob: CB, 18 Apr 2013
c2+: CB, 25 May 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 214, Number 17,804
op.loc: CB, 21 Oct 2022

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