Bishop Patrick James Byrne, M.M. †

Deceased

Apostolic Delegate to Korea

Titular Bishop of Gazera

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Oct 1888		Born
23 Jun 1915	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
9 Nov 1927	39.0	Appointed	Prefect of Peng-yang, Korea (North)
12 Aug 1929	40.7	Resigned	Prefect of Peng-yang, Korea (North)
19 Mar 1937	48.3	Appointed	Prefect of Kyoto, Japan
10 Oct 1940	51.9	Resigned	Prefect of Kyoto, Japan
7 Apr 1949	60.4	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Korea
7 Apr 1949	60.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gazera
14 Jun 1949	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gazera
25 Nov 1950	62.0	Died	Apostolic Delegate to Korea

MicroData Summary
Patrick James Byrne
Bishop Patrick James Byrne M.M.
(born 26 Oct 1888, died 25 Nov 1950)
Apostolic Delegate of Korea

Event Place
Birth Place Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ordained Priest Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Seoul, Vicariate Apostolic of Seul
Death Place Hachangri

a priest for 35.4 years
a bishop for 1.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano †
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Thomas John McDonnell †
Titular Bishop of Sela
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Marie Kinam Ro †
Titular Bishop of Colbasa
Bishop Adrien-Joseph Larribeau, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Dusa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas John McDonnell † (1947)
Titular Bishop of Sela
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman † (1932)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/336900
VIAF: 53804657
WikiData: Q15997907

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 40
ob/ob.loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 78, Additions/Corrections (back)
c1: CB, 22 May 2022

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