Bishop Brendan Leahy

Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Mar 1960		Born
5 Jun 1986	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dublin, Ireland
10 Jan 2013	52.7	Appointed	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
14 Apr 2013	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Brendan Leahy
Bishop Brendan Leahy
(born 28 Mar 1960)
Bishop of Limerick

Ad Limina - January 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin
Ordained Bishop Saint John, Cathedral, Limerick, Diocese of Limerick

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Limerick.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph A. Carroll †
Titular Bishop of Quaestoriana
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Dermot Clifford
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Charles John Brown
Titular Archbishop of Aquileia
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
Archbishop of Dublin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Dermot Clifford (1986)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Archbishop Thomas Morris † (1960)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
John Francis Cardinal D’Alton † (1942)
Archbishop of Armagh
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Archbishop of Armagh
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul 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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Donal Roche (2024)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 298963906
WikiData: Q2855006

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 10 Jan 2013
ob: CB, 29 Jan 2013
c2+: CB, 10 Apr 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 214, Number 17,763

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