Bishop Joseph Francis Donnelly †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Titular Bishop of Nabala

Motto: Opus Justitiae Pax

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 May 1909		Born
29 Jun 1934	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
9 Nov 1964	55.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
9 Nov 1964	55.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nabala
28 Jan 1965	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nabala
30 Jun 1977	68.1	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

MicroData Summary
Joseph Francis Donnelly
Bishop Joseph Francis Donnelly
(born 1 May 1909, died 30 Jun 1977)
Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Norwich, Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut
Ordained Priest Hartford, CT, Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut
Ordained Bishop Saint Joseph, Cathedral, Hartford, Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut
Death Place New Haven

a priest for 43.0 years
a bishop for 12.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Maurice Francis McAuliffe †
Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Brien †
Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vincent Joseph Hines †
Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut
Bishop John Francis Hackett †
Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Brien † (1940)
Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alfred Michael Watson † (1965)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2736591

Source(s):

c1: CB, 11 Feb 2018
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 5

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 20 Aug 2026

✠