Bishop Denis Mary Bradley †

Deceased

Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Motto: Ite Ad Joseph

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Feb 1846		Born
3 Jun 1871	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Portland, Maine, USA
18 Apr 1884	38.1	Appointed	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
11 Jun 1884	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
13 Dec 1903	57.8	Died	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

MicroData Summary
Denis Mary Bradley
Bishop Denis Mary Bradley
(born 25 Feb 1846, died 13 Dec 1903)
Bishop of Manchester

Event Place
Birth Place Castle Island, Diocese of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
Ordained Priest Troy, NY
Ordained Bishop St. Joseph, Church, Manchester, Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire
Death Place Manchester, Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire
Buried Place (Original) Saint Joseph, Cathedral, Manchester, Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire

a priest for 32.5 years
a bishop for 19.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bernard Joseph John McQuaid †
Bishop of Rochester, New York
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Williams †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Louis Joseph Mary Theodore de Goesbriand †
Bishop of Burlington, Vermont
Bishop John Moore †
Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph Williams † (1866)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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:
Bishop George Albert Guertin † (1892)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Stephen Michaud † (1892)
Bishop Thomas Daniel Beaven † (1892)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 140704642
VIAF: 315679729
WikiData: Q5257373

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 362
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1884, Number 31
c1: CB, 18 May 2022

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