Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly, S.M.A. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Aug 1894		Born
1 Nov 1918	24.1	Entered	Member of Society of African Missions
29 Jun 1921	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of African Missions
11 Dec 1939	45.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale}
11 Dec 1939	45.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thignica
2 Jun 1940	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thignica
18 Apr 1950	55.6	Appointed	Bishop of Benin City, Nigeria
5 Jul 1973	78.8	Retired	Bishop of Benin City, Nigeria
18 Aug 1991	96.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Benin City, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Patrick Joseph Kelly
Bishop Patrick Joseph Kelly S.M.A.
(born 31 Aug 1894, died 18 Aug 1991)
Bishop Emeritus of Benin City

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Bearnacreagh, Aughrim, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Diocese of Clonfert, Ireland
Ordained Priest Seminary, Chapel
Ordained Bishop Saint Michael, Church, Ballinasloe, Diocese of Clonfert, Ireland
Death Place Regional, Hospital, Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland
Buried Place (Original) Wilton, Cemetery, Cork, Co. Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland

a priest for 70.1 years
a bishop for 51.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Thomas Broderick, S.M.A. †
Titular Bishop of Petnelissus
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Dignan †
Bishop of Clonfert
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edward Mulhern †
Bishop of Dromore
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Carrhae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Dignan † (1924)
Bishop of Clonfert
Archbishop Thomas Patrick Gilmartin † (1910)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John Healy † (1884)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John MacEvilly † (1857)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John MacHale † (1825)
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop Daniel Murray † (1809)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop John Thomas Troy, O.P. † (1777)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop Ignazio Busca † (1775)
Titular Archbishop of Hemesa
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 William Richard Field, S.M.A. † (1958)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas P. Hughes, S.M.A. † (1943)
Archbishop John Joseph MacCarthy, S.M.A. † (1954)
Bishop Richard Finn, S.M.A. † (1959)
Bishop Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu † (1964)
Archbishop Patrick Ebosele Ekpu † (1971)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bearnacreagh, Aughrim, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Diocese of Clonfert, Ireland
Ordained Priest	Seminary, Chapel
Ordained Bishop	Saint Michael, Church, Ballinasloe, Diocese of Clonfert, Ireland
Death Place	Regional, Hospital, Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland
Buried Place (Original)	Wilton, Cemetery, Cork, Co. Cork, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland

External Link(s):

VIAF: 41804044
WikiData: Q7146866

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 36
b: SMA Nos Défunts, 3 Sep 2023

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