Bishop Denis William Hanrahan †

Deceased

Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Nov 1933		Born
21 Jul 1957	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Christchurch, New Zealand
25 Mar 1984	50.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
6 Jun 1984	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
4 Jul 1985	51.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
1 Feb 1987	53.2	Died	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand

MicroData Summary
Denis William Hanrahan
Bishop Denis William Hanrahan
(born 1 Nov 1933, died 1 Feb 1987)
Bishop of Christchurch

Event Place
Birth Place Greymouth
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Christchurch, Diocese of Christchurch

a priest for 29.5 years
a bishop for 2.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Edward Michael Joyce †
Bishop of Christchurch
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Brian Patrick Ashby †
Bishop of Christchurch
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio Magnoni †
Titular Archbishop of Boseta
Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams †
Archbishop of Wellington

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Brian Patrick Ashby † (1964)
Bishop of Christchurch
Archbishop Peter Thomas McKeefry † (1947)
Archbishop of Wellington
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5257274

Source(s):

c1: AustOceaniaBishops.org
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 93, Number 7,899

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