Bishop René Henry Gracida

Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jun 1923		Born
1951²	27.5	Entered	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
2 Jul 1953	30.0	Simple Vows	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
11 Jul 1956	33.0	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
1958²	34.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict
23 May 1959	35.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
1961²	37.5	Incardinated	Priest of Miami, Florida, USA
6 Dec 1971	48.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, Florida, USA
6 Dec 1971	48.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Masuccaba
25 Jan 1972	48.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Masuccaba
1 Oct 1975	52.3	Appointed	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA
6 Nov 1975	52.4	Installed	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA
19 May 1983	59.9	Appointed	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
11 Jul 1983	60.0	Installed	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
1 Apr 1997	73.8	Resigned	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for René Henry Gracida
(WikiData: Q262134)
Bishop René Henry Gracida (born 9 Jun 1923) Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi

Event Place
Birth Place New Orleans, LA, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana
Ordained Priest Blessed Sacrament, Cathedral, Greensburg, Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop St. Mary, Cathedral, Miami, Archdiocese of Miami, Florida

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Corpus Christi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Hugh Louis Lamb †
Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
John Francis Cardinal Dearden †
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Coleman Francis Carroll †
Archbishop of Miami, Florida
Bishop Paul Francis Tanner †
Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Francis Cardinal Dearden † (1948)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores (1988)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Agustín Alejo (Aleido) Román Rodríguez † (1979)
Bishop John Joseph Nevins † (1979)
Bishop James Anthony Tamayo (1993)
Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores (2006)

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 17, Number 888
c1: CB, 11 May 2022

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