Bishop Loras Joseph Watters †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Oct 1915		Born
7 Jun 1941	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
21 Jun 1965	49.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
21 Jun 1965	49.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Fidoloma
26 Aug 1965	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Fidoloma
8 Jan 1969	53.2	Appointed	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
13 Mar 1969	53.4	Installed	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
14 Oct 1986	71.0	Retired	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
30 Mar 2009	93.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA

MicroData Summary for Loras Joseph Watters
(VIAF: 89448353; WikiData: Q1869843)
Bishop Loras Joseph Watters (born 14 Oct 1915, died 30 Mar 2009) Bishop Emeritus of Winona

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Dubuque, IA, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Ordained Priest Dubuque, IA, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Ordained Bishop Saint Raphael, Cathedral, Dubuque, IA, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Death Place St. Anne Extended Health Care, Winona, Diocese of Winona, Minnesota
Buried Place (Original) St. Mary’s, Cemetery, Winona, Diocese of Winona, Minnesota

a priest for 67.8 years
a bishop for 43.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Francis Joseph Beckman †
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Joseph Byrne †
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Bishop James Vincent Casey †
Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska

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:
Bishop Robert Henry Brom † (1983)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Dubuque, IA, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Ordained Priest	Dubuque, IA, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Ordained Bishop	Saint Raphael, Cathedral, Dubuque, IA, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Death Place	St. Anne Extended Health Care, Winona, Diocese of Winona, Minnesota
Buried Place (Original)	St. Mary’s, Cemetery, Winona, Diocese of Winona, Minnesota

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 9 Feb 2018
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 64, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 66

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