Bishop Denis Matthew Lowney †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade

Motto: Mane Nobiscum Domine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jun 1863		Born
17 Dec 1887	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
24 Aug 1917	54.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
24 Aug 1917	54.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade
23 Oct 1917	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade
13 Aug 1918	55.1	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

MicroData Summary
Denis Matthew Lowney
Bishop Denis Matthew Lowney
(born 1 Jun 1863, died 13 Aug 1918)
Auxiliary Bishop of Providence

Event Place
Birth Place Castletown-Bar Haven, Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
Ordained Priest Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Ordained Bishop Saints Peter and Paul, Cathedral, Providence, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island
Death Place Providence, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island
Buried Place (Original) Saint Ann, Cemetery, Cranston, Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island

a priest for 30.6 years
a bishop for .8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre †
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Thomas Daniel Beaven †
Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Daniel Francis Feehan †
Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts
Bishop John Joseph Nilan †
Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas Daniel Beaven † (1892)
Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts
Archbishop John Joseph Williams † (1866)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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):

Find a Grave (Grave): 126455112
WikiData: Q16059338

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 38
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1917, Number 49
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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