Bishop Peter Birch †

Deceased

Bishop of Ossory

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1911		Born	Conhay
20 Jun 1937	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ossory, Ireland
24 Jul 1962	50.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
24 Jul 1962	50.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)
23 Sep 1962	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dibon (Dibona)
10 Jan 1964	52.3	Succeeded	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
7 Mar 1981	69.5	Died	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland

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Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
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a priest for 43.7 years
a bishop for 18.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Sensi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Staunton †
Bishop Thomas Keogh †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Peter Birch † (1962)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Sensi † (1955)
Valerio Cardinal Valeri † (1927)
Donato Raffaele Cardinal Sbarretti Tazza † (1900)
Sebastiano Cardinal Martinelli, O.S.A. † (1896)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Lennon †
Archbishop Thomas A. White

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1962, Number 160
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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