Bishop Donal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Umtali, Zimbabwe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jul 1911		Born
1929²	17.4	Entered	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
11 Jul 1937	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
6 Feb 1953	41.5	Appointed	Prefect of Umtali, Zimbabwe
15 Feb 1957	45.5	Appointed	Bishop of Umtali, Zimbabwe
16 Jun 1957	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Umtali, Zimbabwe
5 Nov 1981	70.2	Resigned	Bishop of Umtali, Zimbabwe
14 Aug 2003	92.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Umtali, Zimbabwe

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Donal Raymond Lamont
Bishop Donal Raymond Lamont O. Carm.
(born 27 Jul 1911, died 14 Aug 2003)
Bishop Emeritus of Umtali

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 Ballycastle, County Antrim, Diocese of Down and Connor, Ireland
Ordained Priest Sacred Heart, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Umtali, Diocese of Umtali
Death Place Terenure College, Terenure, County Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Buried Place (Original) SS Patrick and Brigid, Cemetery, Ballycastle, County Antrim, Diocese of Down and Connor, Ireland

a priest for 66.0 years
a bishop for 46.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Luigi Traglia †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano †
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francis William Markall, S.J. †
Archbishop of Salisbury
Bishop Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. †
Bishop of Gwelo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
Bishop Joseph Aloysius Burke † (1943)
Bishop of Buffalo, New York
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Patrick Mumbure Mutume † (1979)
Bishop Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa † (1982)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. † (1967)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 185583740
WikiData: Q5293873

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 27, Number 1,548
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 81
c1: CB, 2 Jul 2025
op.loc: CB, 10 Jul 2025

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