Bishop James Downey, C.M. †

Deceased

Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory

Titular Bishop of Adada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Feb 1874		Born	Armagh
1899²	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
8 Aug 1922	48.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
8 Aug 1922	48.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Adada
8 Oct 1922	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Adada
6 Apr 1927	53.2	Died	Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory, Ireland

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

a priest for 28.3 years
a bishop for 4.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Archbishop Edward Joseph Byrne †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Patrick Foley †
- Bishop William Codd †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Downey, C.M. † (1922)
Archbishop Edward Joseph Byrne † (1920)
Archbishop William Joseph Walsh † (1885)
Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran † (1872)
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Pope Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1831)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
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 †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1927
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1928
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1922, Number 62

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