Bishop John Kirby

Bishop of Clonfert

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Oct 1938		Born	Athlone
23 Jun 1963	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Feb 1988	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
9 Apr 1988	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Clonfert.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Cassidy
Bishop William J. Philbin †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Kirby (1988)
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi † (1961)
Fernando Cardinal Cento † (1922)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Michael Aidan Courtney †

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 109, Number 9,620

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