Archbishop Charles Heerey, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Nov 1890		Born
24 Sep 1921	30.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
24 Jan 1927	36.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
24 Jan 1927	36.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Balanea
29 May 1927	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Balanea
21 May 1931	40.4	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Nigeria {Nigeria Meridionale}
18 Apr 1950	59.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria
6 Feb 1967	76.1	Died	Archbishop of Onitsha, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Charles Heerey
Archbishop Charles Heerey C.S.Sp.
(born 29 Nov 1890, died 6 Feb 1967)
Archbishop of Onitsha

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Castlerahan, Ireland

a priest for 45.3 years
a bishop for 39.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Mulhern †
Bishop of Dromore
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Carrhae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae
Bishop Denis Kelly † (1897)
Bishop of Ross
Archbishop Thomas William Croke † (1870)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Paul Cardinal 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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Brendan Whelan, C.S.Sp. † (1948)
Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C.S.Sp. † (1959)
Francis Cardinal Arinze (1965)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis O’Rourke, S.M.A. † (1930)
Archbishop Leo Hale Taylor, S.M.A. † (1934)
Bishop John of the Cross Anyogu † (1957)
Bishop Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. † (1961)
Bishop Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. † (1962)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1580532
WikiData: Q56089161

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1927, Number 29

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