Bishop John Basil Meeking

Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Nov 1929		Born	Ashburton
19 Jul 1953	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Christchurch, New Zealand
30 Mar 1987	57.4	Appointed	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
3 Jun 1987	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
15 Dec 1995	66.1	Resigned	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

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a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Edward Michael Joyce †
Principal Consecrator:
Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio Magnoni †
Bishop Brian Patrick Ashby †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Basil Meeking (1987)
Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams (1979)
Bishop Owen Noel Snedden † (1962)
Peter Thomas Cardinal McKeefry † (1947)
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
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 John Jerome Cunneen †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Barry Philip Jones

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 106, Number 9,253

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