Bishop Anthony Columba McFeely †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Raphoe, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Feb 1909		Born
10 Jul 1932	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Derry, Ireland
14 May 1965	56.2	Appointed	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
27 Jun 1965	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
12 Feb 1982	73.0	Resigned	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
7 Oct 1986	77.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Raphoe, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Anthony Columba McFeely
Bishop Anthony Columba McFeely
(born 4 Feb 1909, died 7 Oct 1986)
Bishop Emeritus of Raphoe

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Ballybofey, Diocese of Derry
Ordained Bishop Saint Eunan, Cathedral, Letterkenny, Diocese of Raphoe
Death Place Letterkenny, Diocese of Raphoe

a priest for 54.2 years
a bishop for 21.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
William John Cardinal Conway †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi †
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Bishop Neil Farren †
Bishop of Derry

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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q54480695

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 47

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