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Bishop Thomas McDonnell †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Killala, Ireland

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ballycastle, County Antrim, Diocese of Down and Connor
Ordained Bishop	St. Muredach, Cathedral, Ballina, Diocese of Killala

a priest for 50.4 years a bishop for 16.9 years

Principal Consecrator: William John Cardinal Conway † Archbishop of Armagh Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Joseph Cunnane † Archbishop of Tuam Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi † Titular Archbishop of Binda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: William John Cardinal Conway † (1958) Archbishop of Armagh John Francis Cardinal D’Alton † (1942) Archbishop of Armagh Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915) Archbishop of Armagh Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879) Archbishop of Armagh Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856) Archbishop of Armagh Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852) Archbishop of Armagh Archbishop Paul 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

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Thomas Anthony Finnegan † (1987)

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