Bishop William Stephen Skylstad

Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Mar 1934		Born
21 May 1960	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Spokane, Washington, USA
16 Feb 1977	42.9	Appointed	Bishop of Yakima, Washington, USA
12 May 1977	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Yakima, Washington, USA
17 Apr 1990	56.1	Appointed	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
30 Jun 2010	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
24 Jan 2011	76.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Baker, Oregon, USA
8 Mar 2012	78.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Baker, Oregon, USA

MicroData Summary
William Stephen Skylstad
Bishop William Stephen Skylstad
(born 2 Mar 1934)
Bishop Emeritus of Spokane

Ad Limina - June 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Methow, Diocese of Spokane, Washington
Ordained Priest Pontifical College Josephinium, Worthington, OH
Ordained Bishop Holy Family, Cathedral, Yakima, Diocese of Yakima, Washington

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Spokane.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen †
Archbishop of Seattle, Washington
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernard Joseph Topel †
Bishop of Spokane, Washington
Bishop Bernard Francis Law †
Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen † (1962)
Archbishop of Seattle, Washington
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
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:
Francis Eugene Cardinal George, O.M.I. † (1990)
Bishop Michael William Warfel (1996)
Archbishop George Leo Thomas (2000)
Bishop Liam Stephen Cary (2012)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1888649

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 30 Jun 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 42, Number 2,821
c1: CB, 21 May 2022

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