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Bishop John Dignan †

Deceased

Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ballygar, Diocese of Clonfert
Ordained Bishop	Loughrea, Diocese of Clonfert
Death Place	Loughrea, Diocese of Clonfert

a priest for 49.5 years a bishop for 28.8 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Thomas Patrick Gilmartin † Archbishop of Tuam Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Patrick Morrisroe † Bishop of Achonry Bishop James Naughton † Bishop of Killala

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Thomas Patrick Gilmartin † (1910) Archbishop of Tuam Archbishop John Healy † (1884) Archbishop of Tuam Archbishop John MacEvilly † (1857) Archbishop of Tuam Archbishop John MacHale † (1825) Archbishop of Tuam Archbishop Daniel Murray † (1809) Archbishop of Dublin Archbishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (1777) Archbishop of Dublin Archbishop Ignazio Busca † (1775) Titular Archbishop of Hemesa 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

Ordained Priest: Bishop John James Howe, S.S.C.M.E. † (1936) Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. † (1940) Bishop James Fergus † (1947)

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