Bishop Denis Kelly †

Deceased

Bishop of Ross, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jan 1852		Born
Mar 1877³	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Killaloe, Ireland
29 Mar 1897	45.2	Appointed	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
9 May 1897	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
18 Apr 1924	72.2	Died	Bishop of Ross, Ireland

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Denis Kelly
Bishop Denis Kelly
(born 12 Jan 1852, died 18 Apr 1924)
Bishop of Ross

Event Place
Birth Place Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Diocese of Killaloe
Ordained Bishop Skibbereen

a priest for 47.1 years
a bishop for 26.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas William Croke †
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas J. McRedmond †
Bishop of Killaloe
Bishop Francis McCormack †
Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan, C.S.Sp. † (1920)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernard Hackett, C.Ss.R. † (1916)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64745448

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 486
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1897, Number 28

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