Archbishop John Francis Donoghue

Archbishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia

from the Official Web Site of the Archdiocese

from the Official Web Site of the Archdiocese

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Aug 1928		Born	Washington, D.C.
4 Jun 1955	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
6 Nov 1984	56.2	Appointed	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
18 Dec 1984	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
22 Jun 1993	64.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
19 Aug 1993	65.0	Installed	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
9 Dec 2004	76.3	Retired	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Michael Joseph Begley †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey †
Bishop Thomas William Lyons †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Francis Donoghue (1984)
Bishop Michael Joseph Begley † (1972)
Luigi Cardinal Raimondi † (1954)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Consecrator of:
Bishop John Kevin Boland
Bishop Robert Joseph Baker
Bishop Peter Joseph Jugis
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop David Edward Foley

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