Bishop Kenneth Joseph Povish †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Apr 1924		Born
3 Jun 1950	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
28 Jul 1970	46.2	Appointed	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
29 Sep 1970	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA
8 Oct 1975	51.4	Appointed	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
11 Dec 1975	51.6	Installed	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
7 Nov 1995	71.5	Retired	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
5 Sep 2003	79.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lansing, Michigan, USA

MicroData Summary
Kenneth Joseph Povish
Bishop Kenneth Joseph Povish
(born 19 Apr 1924, died 5 Sep 2003)
Bishop Emeritus of Lansing

Event Place
Birth Place Alpena, MI
Ordained Priest St. Mary, Cathedral, Saginaw, Diocese of Saginaw, Michigan
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Crookston, Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota
Death Place Lansing, Diocese of Lansing, Michigan

a priest for 53.2 years
a bishop for 32.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki †
Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi †
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis Frederick Reh †
Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan
Bishop James Aloysius Hickey †
Titular Bishop of Taraqua

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Steven John Raica (1978)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Carl Frederick Mengeling † (1996)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q6390282

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Number 822
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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