Bishop James Donnelly †

Deceased

Bishop of Clogher, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jan 1823		Born
6 Jun 1846	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
10 Jan 1865	41.9	Appointed	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
26 Feb 1865	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland
29 Dec 1893	70.9	Died	Bishop of Clogher, Ireland

MicroData Summary
James Donnelly
Bishop James Donnelly
(born 12 Jan 1823, died 29 Dec 1893)
Bishop of Clogher

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Scotstown
Ordained Bishop Monaghan, Diocese of Clogher
Buried Place (Current) St. Macartan's, Cathedral, Monaghan, Diocese of Clogher

a priest for 47.5 years
a bishop for 28.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Dixon †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis Kelly †
Bishop of Derry
Bishop Thomas Nulty (McNulty) †
Titular Bishop of Centuria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Patrick Joseph Clune, C.Ss.R. † (1886)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernard Finnegan † (1886)
Bishop Thomas McGivern † (1887)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop William Joseph Walsh † (1885)
Bishop Elphège Gravel † (1885)
Archbishop Francesco Sogaro, F.S.C.J. † (1885)
Bishop Patrick MacAlister † (1886)
Bishop Edward Magennis † (1888)
Bishop John Keys O’Doherty † (1890)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315679972
WikiData: Q6132722

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 211
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1865, Number 4

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