Bishop Robert John Byrne, C.O.

Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1956		Born
5 Jan 1985	28.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri
15 Mar 2014	57.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
15 Mar 2014	57.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre
13 May 2014	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cuncacestre
4 Feb 2019	62.3	Appointed	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
25 Mar 2019	62.5	Installed	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
12 Dec 2022	66.2	Resigned	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

MicroData Summary
Robert John Byrne
Bishop Robert John Byrne C.O.
(born 22 Sep 1956)
Bishop Emeritus of Hexham and Newcastle

Ad Limina - September 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Urmston, Manchester, Lancashire, Diocese of Salford, England
Ordained Priest Immaculate Conception, Oratory, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Archdiocese of Birmingham, England
Ordained Bishop St. Chad, Cathedral, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Archdiocese of Birmingham, England

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville †
Archbishop of Birmingham, England
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernard Longley
Archbishop of Birmingham, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Charles Barber, S.J.
Bishop of Oakland, California
Bishop Philip Pargeter
Titular Bishop of Valentiniana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernard Longley (2003)
Archbishop of Birmingham, England
Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor † (1977)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Michael George Bowen † (1970)
Archbishop of Southwark, England
Archbishop Domenico Enrici † (1955)
Titular Archbishop of Ancusa
Archbishop St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini † (1954)
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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):

WikiData: Q15948735

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Mar 2014
ob/c1: CB, 15 Mar 2014
c2+: CB, 6 May 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 218, Number 18,158
loc: CL, 25 Jan 2018
op.loc: CL, 5 Apr 2018
ab: Bollettino, 4 Feb 2019
i: CL, 11 Feb 2019
mn: CL, 24 Mar 2019
r: Bollettino, 12 Dec 2022

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