Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady

Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta

Motto: Jesum Christum Cognoscere

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Aug 1939		Born
22 Feb 1964	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kilmore, Ireland
13 Dec 1994	55.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
19 Feb 1995	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
1 Oct 1996	57.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
3 Nov 1996	57.2	Installed	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
24 Nov 2007	68.2	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Nov 2007	68.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
16 Jan 2008	68.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
8 Sep 2014	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Seán Baptist Brady
Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady
(born 16 Aug 1939)
Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh

Ad Limina - October 2006: Bishop
Consistory - 2007: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Drumcalpin, Diocese of Kilmore
Ordained Priest St. John Lateran, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saint Patrick, Cathedral, Armagh, Archdiocese of Armagh

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Armagh.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Luigi Cardinal Traglia †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle
Principal Consecrator:
Cahal Brendan Cardinal Daly †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Emanuele Gerada †
Titular Archbishop of Nomentum
Bishop Gerard Clifford †
Titular Bishop of Hieron

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Cahal Brendan Cardinal Daly † (1967)
Archbishop of Armagh
William John Cardinal Conway † (1958)
Archbishop of Armagh
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop John McAreavey (1999)
Bishop Brendan Kelly (2008)
Archbishop Noël Treanor † (2008)
Bishop Liam Seán MacDaid † (2010)
Archbishop Eamon Martin (2013)
Archbishop Francis Duffy (2013)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Philip Leo O’Reilly (1997)
Bishop John Fleming (2002)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 90518414
WikiData: Q440816

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Number 12,489
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 8 Sep 2014

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