Archbishop Michael Kieran †

Deceased

Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Dec 1803³		Born
28 May 1831	27.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
1832¹	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
23 Nov 1866	62.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
3 Feb 1867	63.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
15 Sep 1869	65.7	Died	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Michael Kieran
Archbishop Michael Kieran
(born 6 Dec 1803, died 15 Sep 1869)
Archbishop of Armagh

Event Place
Birth Place Armagh, Archdiocese of Armagh
Ordained Priest Newry, County Down
Ordained Bishop St. Malachy, Dundalk, Archdiocese of Armagh

a priest for 37.7 years
a bishop for 2.6 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Daniel Murray †
Archbishop of Dublin
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Thomas Kelly †
Bishop of Dromore
Principal Consecrator:
Paul Cardinal Cullen †
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Kilduff †
Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)
Bishop Francis Kelly †
Bishop of Derry

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

External Link(s):

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WikiData: Q6831871

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 123
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1867, Number 1

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