Bishop Michael William Warfel

Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Sep 1948		Born
Aug 1979²	30.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
26 Apr 1980	31.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Anchorage, Alaska, USA
19 Nov 1996	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA
17 Dec 1996	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA
23 Oct 2001	53.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
7 Jun 2002	53.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
20 Nov 2007	59.1	Appointed	Bishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
16 Jan 2008	59.3	Installed	Bishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA
22 Aug 2023	74.9	Retired	Bishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Michael William Warfel
Bishop Michael William Warfel
(born 16 Sep 1948)
Bishop Emeritus of Great Falls-Billings

Event Place
Birth Place Elkhart, IN, Diocese of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ordained Deacon Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Church, Anchorage, Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska
Ordained Priest Saint Matthew, Cathedral, South Bend, IN, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana
Ordained Bishop Centennial Hall, Juneau, Diocese of Juneau, Alaska

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Francis Thomas Hurley †
Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Francis Thomas Hurley †
Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis Thomas Hurley †
Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. †
Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska
Bishop William Stephen Skylstad
Bishop of Spokane, Washington

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francis Thomas Hurley † (1970)
Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska
Bishop Mark Joseph Hurley † (1968)
Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California)
Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken † (1941)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell † (1917)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna † (1912)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Jeffrey Michael Fleming (2022)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Donald Joseph Kettler (2002)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1929842

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 20 Nov 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,871
od/c0/loc: CB, 26 Oct 2022
r: Bollettino, 22 Aug 2023

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