Bishop John Coffey †

Deceased

Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jan 1836		Born
6 Jun 1865	29.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Aug 1889	53.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
10 Nov 1889	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
14 Apr 1904	68.2	Died	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland

MicroData Summary
John Coffey
Bishop John Coffey
(born 10 Jan 1836, died 14 Apr 1904)
Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe

Event Place
Birth Place Kerry, Diocese of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe
Ordained Bishop Ste. Marie, Cathedral, Killarney

a priest for 38.8 years
a bishop for 14.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas William Croke †
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas (Alphonse) O’Callaghan, O.P. †
Bishop of Cork
Bishop Bartholomew Woodlock †
Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Paul Cardinal 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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315613394
WikiData: Q64697706

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 118
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1889, Number 53

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