Bishop Francis Joseph MacKiernan †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kilmore, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Feb 1926		Born
17 Jun 1951	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kilmore, Ireland
11 Oct 1972	46.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
10 Dec 1972	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
16 Oct 1998	72.7	Resigned	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
23 Dec 2005	79.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kilmore, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Francis Joseph MacKiernan
Bishop Francis Joseph MacKiernan
(born 3 Feb 1926, died 23 Dec 2005)
Bishop Emeritus of Kilmore

Event Place
Birth Place Stradrinan
Ordained Bishop Saint Patrick and Saint Felim, Cathedral, Cavan, Diocese of Kilmore

a priest for 54.5 years
a bishop for 33.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
William John Cardinal Conway †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Bishop Neil Farren †
Bishop of Derry

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

William John Cardinal Conway † (1958)
Archbishop of Armagh
John Francis Cardinal D’Alton † (1942)
Archbishop of Armagh
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Archbishop of Armagh
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Michael Router (1987)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Michael Router (1989)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Philip Leo O’Reilly (1997)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerard Clifford † (1991)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 24466779
WikiData: Q5481559

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,094

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