Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Onitsha

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Nov 1890		Born	Clonkeefy, Ireland
24 Sep 1921	30.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
24 Jan 1927	36.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
24 Jan 1927	36.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Balanea
29 May 1927	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Balanea
21 May 1931	40.5	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
18 Apr 1950	59.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
26 Jun 1967	76.6	Died	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria

a priest for 45.8 years
a bishop for 40.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Mulhern †
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. † (1927)
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Bishop Denis Kelly † (1897)
Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. †
Bishop Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. †
Francis Cardinal Arinze
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop François O'Rourke, S.M.A. †
Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. †
Bishop John of the Cross Anyogu †
Bishop Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. †

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