Archbishop Tobias Kirby †

Deceased

Titular Archbishop of Ephesus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1803		Born
26 Mar 1833	30.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 May 1881	78.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lete
5 Jun 1881	78.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lete
15 Jan 1886	83.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
20 Jan 1895	92.0	Died	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus

MicroData Summary
Tobias Kirby
Archbishop Tobias Kirby
(born 1 Jan 1803, died 20 Jan 1895)
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus

Event Place
Birth Place Tallow, Co., Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Ste Agathe des Irlandais, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 61.8 years
a bishop for 13.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni †
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Anacleto Chicaro, O.F.M. Obs. †
Titular Archbishop of Hemesa
Bishop James Murray †
Bishop of Maitland

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Thomas (Alphonse) O’Callaghan, O.P. † (1884)
Archbishop William Joseph Walsh † (1885)
Bishop Elphège Gravel † (1885)
Archbishop Francesco Sogaro, F.S.C.J. † (1885)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 316746014
WikiData: Q7811642

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 260, and Page 340
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1881, Number 23

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