Bishop Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Aug 1917		Born
18 May 1944	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Richmond, Virginia, USA
11 Dec 1961	44.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
11 Dec 1961	44.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Latopolis
22 Feb 1962	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Latopolis
12 Dec 1964	47.3	Appointed	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
22 Feb 1990	72.5	Resigned	Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
4 Jan 1993	75.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

MicroData Summary for Ernest Leo Unterkoefler
(VIAF: 3721753; WikiData: Q15439069)
Bishop Ernest Leo Unterkoefler (born 17 Aug 1917, died 4 Jan 1993) Bishop Emeritus of Charleston

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 Philadelphia, PA, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Richmond, Diocese of Richmond, Virginia
Death Place Charleston, Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina

a priest for 48.6 years
a bishop for 30.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Michael McNamara †
Titular Bishop of Eumenia
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vincent Stanislaus Waters †
Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina
Bishop Joseph Howard Hodges †
Titular Bishop of Rusadus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin † (1966)
Bishop Walter Francis Sullivan † (1970)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Philadelphia, PA, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest	Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland
Ordained Bishop	Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Richmond, Diocese of Richmond, Virginia
Death Place	Charleston, Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 15
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 64, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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