Bishop Joseph Higgins †

Deceased

Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jan 1838		Born
29 May 1863	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Meath, Ireland
11 Sep 1888	50.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
11 Sep 1888	50.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Antiphellus
31 Mar 1889	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Antiphellus
4 May 1899	61.3	Appointed	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
3 Mar 1905	67.1	Appointed	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia
16 Sep 1915	77.6	Died	Bishop of Ballarat, Australia

MicroData Summary for Joseph Higgins
(WikiData: Q11728439)
Bishop Joseph Higgins (born 13 Jan 1838, died 16 Sep 1915) Bishop of Ballarat

Event Place
Birth Place Moyvore, Diocese of Meath, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Navan, Diocese of Meath, Ireland

a priest for 52.2 years
a bishop for 26.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Joseph Walsh †
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Nulty (McNulty) †
Bishop of Meath
Bishop Bernard O’Reilly †
Bishop of Liverpool, England

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Joseph Walsh † (1885)
Archbishop of Dublin
Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran † (1872)
Archbishop of Sydney
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Phelan † (1913)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Moyvore, Diocese of Meath, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Navan, Diocese of Meath, Ireland

Source(s):

bp/op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 111, and Page 484
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 78
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1889, Number 19
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 34, Number 2,042

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