Bishop Neil Farren †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Derry

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Mar 1893		Born	Buncrana
28 Apr 1918	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Derry, Ireland
5 Aug 1939	46.4	Appointed	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
1 Oct 1939	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
13 Apr 1973	80.1	Retired	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
7 May 1980	87.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Ireland

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 62.0 years
a bishop for 40.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal MacRory †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Mulhern †
Bishop William MacNeely †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Neil Farren † (1939)
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Cyril Conrad Cowderoy †
Bishop Bernard Patrick Wall †
Bishop Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. †
William John Cardinal Conway †
Bishop Anthony Columba McFeely †
Cahal Brendan Cardinal Daly †
Bishop Francis Joseph MacKiernan †
Bishop Edward Kevin Daly

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1939, Number 50

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