John Francis Cardinal D’Alton †

Deceased

Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Oct 1882		Born
18 Apr 1908	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Apr 1942	59.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Meath, Ireland
25 Apr 1942	59.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Binda
29 Jun 1942	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Binda
16 Jun 1943	60.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
13 Apr 1946	63.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
12 Jan 1953	70.2	Elevated to Cardinal
15 Jan 1953	70.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
1 Feb 1963	80.3	Died	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

MicroData Summary for John Francis D’Alton
(VIAF: 51600039; WikiData: Q1699875)
John Francis Cardinal D’Alton (born 11 Oct 1882, died 1 Feb 1963) Archbishop of Armagh

Consistory - 1953: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Claremorris, Archdiocese of Tuam
Ordained Priest San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, College, Maynooth, County Kildare, Archdiocese of Dublin
Death Place Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin
Buried Place (Original) St. Patrick, Cathedral, Armagh, Archdiocese of Armagh

a priest for 54.7 years
a bishop for 20.5 years
a cardinal for 10.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Pietro Cardinal Respighi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal MacRory †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Mulhern †
Bishop of Dromore
Bishop William MacNeely †
Bishop of Raphoe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Archbishop of Armagh
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul 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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop James Moynagh, S.P.S. † (1947)
Bishop Austin Quinn † (1950)
Bishop Thomas McGettrick, S.P.S. † (1955)
William John Cardinal Conway † (1958)
Archbishop Thomas Morris † (1960)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Claremorris, Archdiocese of Tuam
Ordained Priest	San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	St. Patrick, College, Maynooth, County Kildare, Archdiocese of Dublin
Death Place	Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin
Buried Place (Original)	St. Patrick, Cathedral, Armagh, Archdiocese of Armagh

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1942, Number 30
ab/arch/arma: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1963, Page 52*
ab/arch/arma: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 38, Page 209
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 415, Ascendance
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 12 Jan 1953
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,094, Ascendance

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