Bishop Richard Joseph Fitzgerald †

Deceased

Bishop of Gibraltar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Aug 1881		Born
15 Aug 1905	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cloyne, Ireland
25 May 1927	45.7	Appointed	Bishop of Gibraltar
9 Oct 1927	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gibraltar
15 Feb 1956	74.5	Died	Bishop of Gibraltar

MicroData Summary
Richard Joseph Fitzgerald
Bishop Richard Joseph Fitzgerald
(born 12 Aug 1881, died 15 Feb 1956)
Bishop of Gibraltar

Event Place
Birth Place Midleton, Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
Ordained Priest St. Colman, Cathedral, Cobh, Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
Death Place Gibraltar, Diocese of Gibraltar
Buried Place (Original) St Mary the Crowned, Cathedral, Gibraltar, Diocese of Gibraltar

a priest for 50.5 years
a bishop for 28.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Mary Harty †
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James J. Roche †
Bishop of Ross
Bishop Peter Emmanuel Amigo †
Bishop of Southwark, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Mary Harty † (1914)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Archbishop Thomas Fennelly † (1901)
Titular Archbishop of Methymna
Bishop Thomas (Alphonse) O’Callaghan, O.P. † (1884)
Bishop of Cork
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Joseph Pace † (1944)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Midleton, Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
Ordained Priest	St. Colman, Cathedral, Cobh, Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
Death Place	Gibraltar, Diocese of Gibraltar
Buried Place (Original)	St Mary the Crowned, Cathedral, Gibraltar, Diocese of Gibraltar

External Link(s):

VIAF: 305873505
WikiData: Q17002185

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1927, Number 56
loc: CL, 10 May 2019

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