Bishop Ralph Bernard O’Donnell

Bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Aug 1969		Born
7 Jun 1997	27.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
19 Aug 2025	55.9	Appointed	Bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
28 Oct 2025	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

MicroData Summary
Ralph Bernard O’Donnell
Bishop Ralph Bernard O’Donnell
(born 31 Aug 1969)
Bishop of Jefferson City

Event Place
Birth Place Omaha, Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska
Ordained Priest Saint Cecilia, Cathedral, Omaha, Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Jefferson City.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Elden Francis Curtiss
Archbishop of Omaha, Nebraska
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski (2004)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
William Henry Cardinal Keeler † (1979)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Joseph Thomas Daley † (1964)
Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Archbishop John Joseph Krol † (1953)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q135906820

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 19 Aug 2025
c1/ob: CB, 19 Aug 2025
c2: CB, 22 Oct 2025

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