Bishop Vincent Michael Rizzotto †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

Titular Bishop of Lamasba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Sep 1931		Born
26 May 1956	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Galveston, Texas, USA
22 Jun 2001	69.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
22 Jun 2001	69.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lamasba
31 Jul 2001	69.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lamasba
6 Nov 2006	75.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
17 Jan 2021	89.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA

MicroData Summary for Vincent Michael Rizzotto
(WikiData: Q2526695)
Bishop Vincent Michael Rizzotto (born 9 Sep 1931, died 17 Jan 2021) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston

Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Houston, Diocese of Galveston, Texas
Ordained Priest St. Mary’s, Cathedral, Galveston, Diocese of Galveston, Texas
Ordained Bishop Saint Michael, Church, Houston, Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Death Place Houston, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas

a priest for 64.6 years
a bishop for 19.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Wendelin Joseph Nold †
Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza †
Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores †
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Bishop John Edward McCarthy †
Bishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza † (1979)
Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores † (1970)
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop George Arthur Sheltz † (2012)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Houston, Diocese of Galveston, Texas
Ordained Priest	St. Mary’s, Cathedral, Galveston, Diocese of Galveston, Texas
Ordained Bishop	Saint Michael, Church, Houston, Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Death Place	Houston, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 6 Nov 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Number 14,007
d: CB, 17 Jan 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 16 May 2022

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