Bishop John Joseph Reddington, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Jos, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jun 1910		Born
2 Jul 1930	20.0	Entered	Member of Society of African Missions
10 Jun 1934	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
10 Apr 1954	43.7	Appointed	Bishop of Jos, Nigeria
29 Jun 1954	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jos, Nigeria
3 Jul 1974	64.0	Resigned	Bishop of Jos, Nigeria
3 Oct 1994	84.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Jos, Nigeria

MicroData Summary for John Joseph Reddington
(WikiData: Q64733213)
Bishop John Joseph Reddington S.M.A. (born 26 Jun 1910, died 3 Oct 1994) Bishop Emeritus of Jos

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Rackins, Curraghboy, Athlone, Diocese of Elphin, Ireland
Ordained Priest St. Colman's, Cathedral, Newry
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Church, Athlone, Diocese of Elphin, Ireland
Death Place Sacred Heart Residence, Sybil Hill, Raheny, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Buried Place (Original) Wilton, Cemetery, Cork, Co. Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland

a priest for 60.3 years
a bishop for 40.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Edward Mulhern †
Bishop of Dromore
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Walsh †
Archbishop of Tuam
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael John Browne †
Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh
Bishop Cornelius Lucey †
Bishop of Cork

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Walsh † (1938)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop Thomas Patrick Gilmartin † (1910)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John Healy † (1884)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John MacEvilly † (1857)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John MacHale † (1825)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop Daniel Murray † (1809)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (1777)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop Ignazio Busca † (1775)
Titular Archbishop of Hemesa
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Priest:
Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau † (1963)
Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka † (1965)
Bishop Kevin Joseph Aje † (1966)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William Richard Field, S.M.A. † (1958)
Bishop Edward Thaddeus Lawton, O.P. † (1964)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Rackins, Curraghboy, Athlone, Diocese of Elphin, Ireland
Ordained Priest	St. Colman's, Cathedral, Newry
Ordained Bishop	Saints Peter and Paul, Church, Athlone, Diocese of Elphin, Ireland
Death Place	Sacred Heart Residence, Sybil Hill, Raheny, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Buried Place (Original)	Wilton, Cemetery, Cork, Co. Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 22, Number 1,262
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1954, Number 42
b: SMA Nos Défunts, 4 Sep 2023

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