Bishop Stephen Anthony Appelhans, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

Titular Bishop of Catula

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Dec 1905		Born
1919²	13.0	Entered	Member of Society of the Divine Word
8 Sep 1927	21.6	First Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
8 Sep 1931	25.6	Final Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
5 May 1932	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
8 Jul 1948	42.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
8 Jul 1948	42.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Catula
30 Nov 1948	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Catula
16 Jul 1951	45.5	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Stephen Anthony Appelhans
(WikiData: Q64734376)
Bishop Stephen Anthony Appelhans S.V.D. (born 27 Dec 1905, died 16 Jul 1951) Vicar Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

Event Place
Birth Place Pfeifer, KS, Diocese of Concordia, Kansas, USA
Ordained Priest Mödling, Austria
Ordained Bishop Chapel, Saint Mary, Seminary, Techny, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death Place (At Sea), Near Lae
Buried Place (Original) Alexishafen Roman Catholic Mission, Cemetery, Madang, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

a priest for 19.1 years
a bishop for 2.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Franz Kamprath †
Titular Bishop of Stadia
Principal Consecrator:
Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch †
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William David O’Brien †
Titular Bishop of Calynda
Bishop Thomas John McDonnell †
Titular Bishop of Sela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch † (1921)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Henry Moeller † (1900)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pfeifer, KS, Diocese of Concordia, Kansas, USA
Ordained Priest	Mödling, Austria
Ordained Bishop	Chapel, Saint Mary, Seminary, Techny, Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death Place	(At Sea), Near Lae
Buried Place (Original)	Alexishafen Roman Catholic Mission, Cemetery, Madang, Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 130
firs/fina: Index Defunctorum Societatis Verbi Divini 1875-2010, Page 10
firs/fina: CB, 2 Dec 2021
c1: CB, 22 May 2022

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