Bishop John Dignan †

Deceased

Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jun 1880		Born
6 Sep 1903	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Clonfert, Ireland
24 Mar 1924	43.7	Appointed	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
1 Jun 1924	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
12 Apr 1953	72.8	Died	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland

MicroData Summary
John Dignan
Bishop John Dignan
(born 13 Jun 1880, died 12 Apr 1953)
Bishop of Clonfert

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)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q6229438

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1924, Number 34

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