Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}

Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jun 1871		Born	Glenkeen, Ireland
10 Apr 1898	26.8	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
22 Apr 1900	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
20 Sep 1905	34.3	Appointed	Prefect of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore}, Nigeria
22 Apr 1920	48.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
22 Apr 1920	48.9	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
6 Jun 1920	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
21 May 1931	60.0	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
25 Dec 1943	72.6	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}

a priest for 43.7 years
a bishop for 23.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Denis Kelly †
Bishop of Ross
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Miller, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Eumenia
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Carrhae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Denis Kelly † (1897)
Bishop of Ross
Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Paul Cardinal 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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. † (1927)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (1933)
Bishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. † (1936)
Bishop Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. † (1938)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 9, Page 33
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1920, Number 31

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