Bishop Richard Joseph Fitzgerald †

Deceased

Bishop of Gibraltar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Aug 1881		Born	Midleton, Ireland
15 Aug 1905	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 May 1927	45.8	Appointed	Bishop of Gibraltar
9 Oct 1927	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gibraltar
15 Feb 1956	74.5	Died	Bishop of Gibraltar

a priest for 50.5 years
a bishop for 28.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Mary Harty †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James J. Roche †
Archbishop Peter Emmanuel Amigo †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Richard Joseph Fitzgerald † (1927)
Archbishop John Mary Harty † (1914)
Archbishop Thomas Fennelly † (1901)
Bishop Thomas (Alphonsus) O’Callaghan, O.P. † (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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Pace †

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113

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