Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1930		Born
26 May 1956	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
5 Nov 1979	49.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
20 Dec 1979	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
27 Jun 1985	54.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
28 Jun 2007	76.6	Retired	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
21 Sep 2015	84.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin, USA

MicroData Summary for Raphael Michael Fliss
(WikiData: Q2131394)
Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss (born 25 Oct 1930, died 21 Sep 2015) Bishop Emeritus of Superior

Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Milwaukee
Ordained Bishop Superior, Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin

a priest for 59.3 years
a bishop for 35.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Albert Gregory Meyer †
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop George Albert Hammes †
Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Rembert George Samuel Weakland, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Archbishop William Edward Cousins †
Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop George Albert Hammes † (1960)
Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop James Patrick Powers (1990)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Forsyth Christensen (2007)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Milwaukee
Ordained Bishop	Superior, Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 28 Jun 2007
c1: CB, 28 Sep 2015
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 58, Number 4,324

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