Bishop Andrew Higgins †

Deceased

Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Mar 1826		Born
20 Sep 1851	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
23 Dec 1881	55.7	Appointed	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
5 Feb 1882	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
1 May 1889	63.1	Died	Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Andrew Higgins
Bishop Andrew Higgins
(born 7 Mar 1826, died 1 May 1889)
Bishop of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe

Event Place
Birth Place Killarney, Diocese of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe
Ordained Bishop Ste. Marie, Cathedral, Killarney, Diocese of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe

a priest for 37.6 years
a bishop for 7.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas William Croke †
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop George Butler †
Bishop of Limerick
Bishop James Lynch, C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward Thomas O’Dwyer † (1886)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64733292

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1885
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 118
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1882, Number 5

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