Bishop John Samuel Bonnici

Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA

Motto: To Jesus Through Mary

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Feb 1965		Born
22 Jun 1991	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of New York, New York, USA
25 Jan 2022	56.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
25 Jan 2022	56.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Arindela
1 Mar 2022	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Arindela
7 Jan 2026	60.8	Appointed	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
19 Mar 2026	61.0	Installed	Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA

MicroData Summary
John Samuel Bonnici
Bishop John Samuel Bonnici
(born 17 Feb 1965)
Bishop of Rochester

Event Place
Birth Place New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Priest St. Patrick’s, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick’s, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York

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a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
John Joseph Cardinal O’Connor †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Consecrator:
Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Joseph O’Hara
Titular Bishop of Ath Truim
Bishop Gerald Thomas Walsh †
Titular Bishop of Altiburus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan (2001)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Justin Francis Rigali (1985)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
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	New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Priest	St. Patrick’s, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Bishop	St. Patrick’s, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York

External Link(s):

VIAF: 196804138
WikiData: Q110679952

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 25 Jan 2022
mn/ob/c12: CB, 25 Jan 2022
c34: CB, 23 Feb 2022
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 251, Number 20,878
ab: Bollettino, 7 Jan 2026
i: CB, 7 Jan 2026

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