Bishop Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett

Bishop Emeritus of Lismore, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Dec 1937		Born
9 Nov 1965	27.9	Converted
14 May 1970	32.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hobart, Australia
9 Dec 2000	63.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Lismore, Australia
22 Feb 2001	63.2	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Lismore, Australia
1 Dec 2001	64.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Lismore, Australia
12 Dec 2001	64.0	Installed	Bishop of Lismore, Australia
14 Nov 2011	73.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Brisbane, Australia
2 Apr 2012	74.3	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Brisbane, Australia
20 Dec 2016	79.0	Retired	Bishop of Lismore, Australia

MicroData Summary
Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett
Bishop Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett
(born 1 Dec 1937)
Bishop Emeritus of Lismore

Ad Limina - March 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - October 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kyneton

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Lismore.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Guilford Clyde Young †
Archbishop of Hobart
Principal Consecrator:
Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy †
Archbishop of Sydney
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Canalini
Titular Archbishop of Valeria
Bishop John Steven Satterthwaite †
Bishop of Lismore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy † (1974)
Archbishop of Sydney
James Darcy Cardinal Freeman † (1957)
Archbishop of Sydney
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D. (2017)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1502996

Source(s):

ab: CB, 14 Nov 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13,915
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 220, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 20 Dec 2016

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