Bishop Sidney Matthew Metzger †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jul 1902		Born
3 Apr 1926	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA
27 Dec 1939	37.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
27 Dec 1939	37.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Birtha
10 Apr 1940	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Birtha
26 Dec 1941	39.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA
29 Nov 1942	40.3	Succeeded	Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA
17 Mar 1978	75.6	Retired	Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA
12 Apr 1986	83.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of El Paso, Texas, USA

MicroData Summary
Sidney Matthew Metzger
Bishop Sidney Matthew Metzger
(born 11 Jul 1902, died 12 Apr 1986)
Bishop Emeritus of El Paso

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Fredericksburg, TX

a priest for 60.0 years
a bishop for 46.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Arthur Jerome Drossaerts †
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Rudolph Aloysius Gerken †
Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bishop Mariano Simon Garriga †
Titular Bishop of Syene

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Arthur Jerome Drossaerts † (1918)
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Laurence Julius FitzSimon † (1941)
Bishop John Louis Morkovsky † (1956)
Bishop Charles Victor Grahmann † (1981)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q7509225

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 21
c1: CB, 26 Feb 2015

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