Bishop Laurence Gaughran †

Deceased

Bishop of Meath, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Sep 1842		Born
2 Jun 1868	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Meath, Ireland
16 Apr 1906	63.5	Appointed	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
24 Jun 1906	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Meath, Ireland
14 Jun 1928	85.7	Died	Bishop of Meath, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Laurence Gaughran
Bishop Laurence Gaughran
(born 24 Sep 1842, died 14 Jun 1928)
Bishop of Meath

Event Place
Birth Place Lobinstown

a priest for 60.0 years
a bishop for 21.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Michael Cardinal Logue †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Patrick Joseph O’Donnell †
Bishop of Raphoe
Bishop John Keys O’Doherty †
Bishop of Derry

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Finegan † (1910)
Bishop Joseph Shiel † (1913)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315627707
WikiData: Q64697657

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1927
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1906, Number 37

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