Bishop Herbert Armstrong Bevard †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA

Motto: Sub Tuum Praesidium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Feb 1946		Born
Jun 1964	18.2	Converted
20 May 1972	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
7 Jul 2008	62.3	Appointed	Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
3 Sep 2008	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
18 Sep 2020	74.5	Resigned	Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
20 Sep 2025	79.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA

MicroData Summary
Herbert Armstrong Bevard
Bishop Herbert Armstrong Bevard
(born 24 Feb 1946, died 20 Sep 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas

Ad Limina - January 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - December 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Baltimore, MD, Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland
Ordained Priest Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Sts. Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Charlotte Amalie
Death Place Bishop's Residence, Wilmington, Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina
Buried Place (Original) Oxford, Cemetery, Oxford, PA, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

a priest for 53.3 years
a bishop for 17.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
John Joseph Cardinal Krol †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Donald William Wuerl
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz
Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Bishop Daniel Edward Thomas
Titular Bishop of Bardstown

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Donald William Wuerl (1986)
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Baltimore, MD, Archdiocese of Baltimore-Washington, Maryland
Ordained Priest	Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop	Sts. Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Charlotte Amalie
Death Place	Bishop's Residence, Wilmington, Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina
Buried Place (Original)	Oxford, Cemetery, Oxford, PA, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1607996

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 Jul 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 195, Number 15,953
r: Bollettino, 18 Sep 2020
op.loc: CB, 24 Oct 2022
d: CB, 21 Sep 2025

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