Bishop Thomas Martin Fox †

Deceased

Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 May 1893		Born
2 Jun 1917	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wilcannia, Australia
9 Jun 1931	38.0	Appointed	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
20 Sep 1931	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
10 Jul 1967	74.1	Died	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia

MicroData Summary
Thomas Martin Fox
Bishop Thomas Martin Fox
(born 6 May 1893, died 10 Jul 1967)
Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Broken Hill, Diocese of Wilcannia
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Broken Hill, Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes
Death Place Broken Hill, Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes

a priest for 50.1 years
a bishop for 35.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo †
Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Wilfred Dwyer †
Bishop of Wagga Wagga
Bishop Andrew Killian †
Bishop of Port Augusta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo † (1917)
Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Romuald Denis Hayes, S.S.C. † (1932)
Bishop Francis Augustin Henschke † (1937)
Archbishop Eris Norman Michael O’Brien † (1948)
Bishop William Joseph Brennan † (1953)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64762481

Source(s):

c1: AustOceaniaBishops.org
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1931, Number 53

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