Bishop Niall Coll

Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland

Motto: Christ Jesus Our Hope

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Aug 1963		Born
3 Jul 1988	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Raphoe, Ireland
28 Oct 2022	59.1	Appointed	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
22 Jan 2023	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
13 Nov 2025	62.2	Appointed	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Niall Coll
Bishop Niall Coll
(born 25 Aug 1963)
Bishop of Raphoe

Event Place
Birth Place Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Diocese of Raphoe
Ordained Priest Saints Eunan and Columba, Cathedral, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Diocese of Raphoe
Ordained Bishop St. Mary, Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Raphoe.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Séamus Hegarty †
Bishop of Raphoe
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Dermot Pius Farrell
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Denis Nulty
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
Bishop Alexander Aloysius (Alan) McGuckian, S.J.
Bishop of Raphoe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Dermot Pius Farrell (2018)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin (1999)
Archbishop of Dublin
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Diocese of Raphoe
Ordained Priest	Saints Eunan and Columba, Cathedral, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Diocese of Raphoe
Ordained Bishop	St. Mary, Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Diocese of Ossory

External Link(s):

VIAF: 7432161211613840070000
WikiData: Q113831793

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Oct 2022
ob: CB, 28 Oct 2022
loc: CL, 1 Nov 2022
ob: CB, 4 Nov 2022
c2: CB, 15 Jan 2023
c3+: CB, 19 Jan 2023
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 255, Number 21,092
ab: Bollettino, 13 Nov 2025
c1/loc: CB, 13 Nov 2025

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