Archbishop James Leen, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius

Titular Archbishop of Phasis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1888		Born
11 Jul 1920	32.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
15 Jul 1925	37.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
15 Jul 1925	37.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus
13 Sep 1925	37.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus
16 Apr 1926	38.2	Succeeded	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius
1 Aug 1933	45.5	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Port-Louis, Mauritius
1 Aug 1933	45.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Phasis
19 Dec 1949	61.9	Died	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius

MicroData Summary
James Leen
Archbishop James Leen C.S.Sp.
(born 1 Jan 1888, died 19 Dec 1949)
Bishop of Port-Louis

Event Place
Birth Place Abbeyfeale, Diocese of Limerick, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Blackrock College, Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Death Place Port-Loius, Diocese of Port-Louis

a priest for 29.4 years
a bishop for 24.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop David Keane †
Bishop of Limerick
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William MacNeely †
Bishop of Raphoe
Bishop John Joseph O’Gorman, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Amastris

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop David Keane † (1924)
Bishop of Limerick
Archbishop John Mary Harty † (1914)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Archbishop Thomas Fennelly † (1901)
Titular Archbishop of Methymna
Bishop Thomas (Alphonse) O’Callaghan, O.P. † (1884)
Bishop of Cork
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 François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. † (1935)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Abbeyfeale, Diocese of Limerick, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Blackrock College, Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Death Place	Port-Loius, Diocese of Port-Louis

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WikiData: Q64683304

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1925, Number 49

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