Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony

Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati

Motto: To Reconcile God's People

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Feb 1936		Born
1 May 1962	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Monterey-Fresno, California, USA
6 Oct 1967	31.6	Incardinated	Priest of Fresno, California, USA
7 Jan 1975	38.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Fresno, California, USA
7 Jan 1975	38.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tamascani
19 Mar 1975	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tamascani
15 Feb 1980	43.9	Appointed	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
17 Apr 1980	44.1	Installed	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
12 Jul 1985	49.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
5 Sep 1985	49.5	Installed	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
28 Jun 1991	55.3	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1991	55.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
1 Mar 2011	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

MicroData Summary
Roger Michael Mahony
Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony
(born 27 Feb 1936)
Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles

Consistory - 1991: Created Cardinal
Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - April 2012: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Ad Limina - January 2020: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Hollywood, Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego, California
Ordained Priest St. John, Cathedral, Fresno, Diocese of Monterey-Fresno, California
Ordained Bishop Convention Center, Fresno, Diocese of Fresno, California

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.Ss.R. †
Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe †
Bishop of Fresno, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Robert Johnson †
Titular Bishop of Blera
Bishop John Stephen Cummins †
Titular Bishop of Lambaesis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe † (1947)
Bishop of Fresno, California
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty † (1926)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes † (1914)
Archbishop of New York, New York
John Murphy Cardinal Farley † (1895)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Marc Vincent Trudeau (1991)
Bishop Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan (1993)
Bishop Albert Matta Bahhuth (1996)
Bishop Sławomir Stanisław Szkredka (2002)
Bishop Brian Alan Nunes (2008)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop George Patrick Ziemann † (1987)
Bishop Armando Xavier Ochoa (1987)
Bishop Carl Anthony Fisher, S.S.J. † (1987)
Bishop Sylvester Donovan Ryan (1990)
Bishop Stephen Edward Blaire † (1990)
Bishop Joseph Martin Sartoris † (1994)
Bishop Thomas John Curry (1994)
Bishop Gabino Zavala (1994)
Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer † (1995)
Bishop Gerald Eugene Wilkerson (1998)
Bishop Edward William Clark (2001)
Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis (2004)
Bishop Alexander Salazar (2004)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. † (1980)
Bishop Marc Vincent Trudeau (2018)
Bishop Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan (2019)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 78009465
WikiData: Q918715

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 1 Mar 2011
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 29, Number 1,660

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