Bishop Matthew Joseph Brodie †

Deceased

Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Mar 1864		Born
20 Dec 1896	32.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Auckland, New Zealand
27 Nov 1915	51.7	Appointed	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
27 Feb 1916	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
11 Oct 1943	79.6	Died	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

MicroData Summary
Matthew Joseph Brodie
Bishop Matthew Joseph Brodie
(born 1 Mar 1864, died 11 Oct 1943)
Bishop of Christchurch

Event Place
Birth Place Coromandel

a priest for 46.8 years
a bishop for 27.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop George Michael Lenihan †
Bishop of Auckland
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bonaventura Cerretti †
Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francis Mary Redwood, S.M. †
Archbishop of Wellington
Bishop Michael Verdon †
Bishop of Dunedin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bonaventura Cerretti † (1914)
Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Jean-Marie Aubin, S.M. † (1935)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q6790219

Source(s):

c1+: AustOceaniaBishops.org
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1916, Number 14

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