Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano

Note(s): (Resigned Cardinal "rights and privileges" on 20 Mar 2015)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Mar 1938		Born
3 Apr 1965	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
30 May 1985	47.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
5 Aug 1985	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
Jun 1996	58.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
Oct 1999	61.5	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Oct 2003	65.5	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Oct 2003	65.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano
25 Feb 2013	74.9	Retired	Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
19 Mar 2018	80.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

MicroData Summary for Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien
(VIAF: 122151246506144130486; WikiData: Q547122)
Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien (born 17 Mar 1938, died 19 Mar 2018) Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh

Consistory - 2003: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - February 2010: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Ballycastle, County Antrim, Diocese of Down and Connor, Ireland
Ordained Priest St. Mary, Cathedral, Edinburgh, Lothian, Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Ordained Bishop St. Mary, Cathedral, Edinburgh, Lothian, Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Death Place Royal Victoria, Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, England
Buried Place (Original) Mount Vernon, Cemetery, Edinburgh, Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland

a priest for 52.9 years
a bishop for 32.6 years
a cardinal for 14.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Gordon Joseph Gray †
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Principal Consecrator:
Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim †
Titular Archbishop of Xanthus
Archbishop Thomas Joseph Winning †
Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray † (1951)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara
Archbishop William Godfrey † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Cius
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Kevin Lawrence Rafferty † (1990)
Bishop Ian Murray † (1999)
Bishop John Cunningham † (2004)
Bishop Joseph Anthony Toal (2008)
Bishop Malachy John Goltok † (2011)
Bishop Edward Nicholas (Hugh) Gilbert, O.S.B. (2011)
Bishop Stephen Robson (2012)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Father Roderick Wright † (1991)

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 135
r: Bollettino, 25 Feb 2013
r: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2013, Page 73*
loc: CL, 25 Jan 2018
d: CB, 19 Mar 2018
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 92, Number 7,840
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 94, Number 8,029

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