Bishop Efren Veridiano Esmilla

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Titular Bishop of Ottana

Motto: Sicut Qui Ministrat

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jun 1962		Born
15 May 1993	30.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Dec 2023	61.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Dec 2023	61.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ottana
7 Mar 2024	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ottana

MicroData Summary
Efren Veridiano Esmilla
Bishop Efren Veridiano Esmilla
(born 18 Jun 1962)
Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia

Event Place
Birth Place Nagcarlan, Laguna, Diocese of Lipa, Philippines
Ordained Priest Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral Basilica, Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Anthony Joseph Cardinal Bevilacqua †
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Nelson Jesus Perez
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Francis Burbidge
Bishop of Arlington, Virginia
Bishop John Joseph McIntyre
Titular Bishop of Bononia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Nelson Jesus Perez (2012)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bishop William Francis Murphy (1995)
Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York
Bernard Francis Cardinal Law † (1973)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini † (1957)
Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow † (1924)
Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Bishop Edward Patrick Allen † (1897)
Bishop of Mobile, Alabama
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, 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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q123701994

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Dec 2023
mn/ob/c12: CB, 8 Dec 2023
c34: CB, 23 Jan 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 259, Number 21,427

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