Bishop Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Dec 1905		Born	Emlegh (Ballymote), Ireland
22 Jun 1930	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions
10 Nov 1939	33.9	Appointed	Prefect of Ogoja, Nigeria
1 Jan 1955	49.0	Appointed	Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria
22 May 1955	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria
1 Mar 1973	67.2	Appointed	Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria
19 Feb 1983	77.2	Retired	Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria
17 Dec 1988	83.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Abakaliki, Nigeria

a priest for 58.5 years
a bishop for 33.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
John Francis Cardinal D'Alton †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Fergus †
Bishop Thomas Keogh †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. † (1955)
John Francis Cardinal D'Alton † (1942)
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
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:
Archbishop Joseph Edra Ukpo
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Nnachi Okoro

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