Bishop Louis Benedict Kucera †

Deceased

Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Motto: Omnibus Prodesse

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1888		Born
8 Jun 1915	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
30 Jun 1930	41.8	Appointed	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
28 Oct 1930	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
9 May 1957	68.7	Died	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

MicroData Summary
Louis Benedict Kucera
Bishop Louis Benedict Kucera
(born 24 Aug 1888, died 9 May 1957)
Bishop of Lincoln

Event Place
Birth Place Wheatland, MN, Archdiocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Ordained Priest St. Paul, Archdiocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Ordained Bishop Saint Raphael, Cathedral, Dubuque, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Death Place Lincoln, Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Risen Christ, Cathedral, Lincoln, Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska

a priest for 41.9 years
a bishop for 26.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Ireland †
Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis Joseph Beckman †
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas William Drumm †
Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa
Bishop Henry Patrick Rohlman †
Bishop of Davenport, Iowa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francis Joseph Beckman † (1924)
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Archbishop Henry Moeller † (1900)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop William Henry Elder † (1857)
Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio
Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick † (1830)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Bardstown, 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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald † (1946)
Bishop John Linus Paschang † (1951)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 110154286
Find a Grave (Cenotaph): 185518244
VIAF: 84462262
WikiData: Q15998989

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1930, Number 75
c1: CB, 17 May 2022

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