Bishop James O’Keeffe †

Deceased

Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1702²		Born
10 Nov 1751	49.8	Selected	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
19 Jan 1752	50.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
21 Mar 1752	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
1 Mar 1758	56.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Ossory, Ireland
9 Jan 1759	57.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Ossory, Ireland
18 Sep 1787	85.7	Died	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for James O’Keeffe
(WikiData: Q6137138)
Bishop James O’Keeffe (born 1702, died 18 Sep 1787) Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Wexford
Death Place Carlow, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
Buried Place (Original) Paupers, Cemetery, near river Barrow

a bishop for 35.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop James Bernard Dunne †
Bishop of Ossory
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nicholas Sweetman †
Bishop of Ferns

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Bernard Dunne † (1749)
Bishop of Ossory
Archbishop Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy † (1715)
Archbishop of Sens
Archbishop François de Mailly † (1698)
Archbishop of Reims
Toussaint Cardinal de Forbin de Janson † (1656)
Bishop of Beauvais
Bishop Étienne de Puget † (1624)
Bishop of Marseille
Archbishop Jean-François de Gondi † (1623)
Archbishop of Paris
François Cardinal d’Escoubleau de Sourdis † (1599)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
François Cardinal de Joyeuse †
Archbishop of Toulouse

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop John Carpenter † (1770)

Event	Place
Ordained Bishop	Wexford
Death Place	Carlow, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
Buried Place (Original)	Paupers, Cemetery, near river Barrow

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 248, and Page 321
ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 201, Number 16,478
b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1752, Number 9
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 55, Number 3,982
b: The Irish Catholic Episcopal Corps, 1657-1829, Volume 2, Page 99, and Page 100

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