Bishop Matthew Gaughren, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange, South Africa

Titular Bishop of Tentyris

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Apr 1843		Born
23 Apr 1867	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
23 Jan 1902	58.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange, South Africa
23 Jan 1902	58.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tentyris
16 Mar 1902	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tentyris
1 Jun 1914	71.1	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Matthew Gaughren
Bishop Matthew Gaughren O.M.I.
(born 7 Apr 1843, died 1 Jun 1914)
Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange

Event Place
Birth Place Stillorgan, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Star of the Sea, Church, Leith, Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

Event	Place
Birth Place	Stillorgan, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Saint Mary, Star of the Sea, Church, Leith, Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

Relatives

Brother of: Bishop Anthony Gaughren, O.M.I. †, Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Orange

a priest for 47.1 years
a bishop for 12.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Archbishop James Augustine Smith †
  Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Aeneas Chisholm †
  Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland
- Bishop John Aloysius Maguire †
  Titular Bishop of Trocmades

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Augustine Smith † (1890)
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Archbishop William Smith † (1885)
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Archbishop Charles Petre Eyre † (1869)
Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland
Karl August Cardinal von Reisach † (1836)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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 Henri Delalle, O.M.I. † (1904)
- Bishop William Miller, O.M.I. † (1904)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64733680

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1913
b: CB
op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 112, Additions/Corrections (back)
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 540
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1902, Number 17
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 28, Number 1,570
ob.loc: CB, 13 Aug 2026

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