Bishop Bernard Joseph Flanagan †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1908		Born
8 Dec 1931	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Burlington, Vermont, USA
1 Sep 1953	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
30 Nov 1953	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, USA
8 Aug 1959	51.3	Appointed	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
24 Sep 1959	51.4	Installed	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
31 Mar 1983	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
28 Jan 1998	89.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary
Bernard Joseph Flanagan
Bishop Bernard Joseph Flanagan
(born 31 Mar 1908, died 28 Jan 1998)
Bishop Emeritus of Worcester

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 Proctor, VT, Diocese of Burlington, Vermont
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Burlington, Diocese of Burlington, Vermont
Death Place Worcester, Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original) Saint John’s, Cemetery, Worcester, Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts

a priest for 66.1 years
a bishop for 44.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Edward Francis Ryan †
Bishop of Burlington, Vermont
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vincent Stanislaus Waters †
Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina
Bishop John Patrick Cody †
Titular Bishop of Apollonia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edward Francis Ryan † (1945)
Bishop of Burlington, Vermont
Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Timothy Joseph Harrington † (1968)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Francis Joyce † (1954)
Bishop Vincent Joseph Hines † (1960)
Bishop Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. † (1965)
Bishop Edward Cornelius O’Leary † (1971)
Bishop John Aloysius Marshall † (1972)
Bishop Louis Edward Gelineau † (1972)
Bishop George Edward Rueger † (1987)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Proctor, VT, Diocese of Burlington, Vermont
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Burlington, Diocese of Burlington, Vermont
Death Place	Worcester, Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts
Buried Place (Original)	Saint John’s, Cemetery, Worcester, Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts

External Link(s):

VIAF: 265642364
WikiData: Q4893297

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1953, Number 103

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