Bishop James Fergus †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Achonry

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Dec 1895		Born	Louisburgh
20 Jun 1920	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
15 Feb 1947	51.1	Appointed	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
4 May 1947	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
17 Mar 1976	80.2	Retired	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland
24 Mar 1989	93.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Achonry, 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 68.8 years
a bishop for 41.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Dignan †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael John Browne †
Bishop Edward Doorly †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Fergus † (1947)
Bishop John Dignan † (1924)
Archbishop Thomas P. Gilmartin † (1910)
Archbishop John Healy † (1884)
Archbishop John MacEvilly † (1857)
Archbishop John MacHale † (1825)
Archbishop Daniel Murray † (1809)
Archbishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (1777)
Ignazio Cardinal Busca † (1775)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 Vincent Hanly †
Bishop William J. Philbin †
Bishop Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. †
Archbishop Joseph Cunnane †
Bishop Thomas Flynn

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1947, Number 36

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