Bishop Richard Thomas McGrath †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jun 1912		Born
24 Jun 1936	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
1 Jun 1970	57.9	Appointed	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
22 Jul 1970	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
17 Jun 1985	73.0	Resigned	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
9 May 1987	74.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada

MicroData Summary
Richard Thomas McGrath
Bishop Richard Thomas McGrath
(born 17 Jun 1912, died 9 May 1987)
Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s

Event Place
Birth Place Oderin, Placentia Bay

a priest for 50.8 years
a bishop for 16.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. †
Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Michael O’Neill †
Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland
Bishop Henri Légaré, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Labrador-Schefferville, Québec

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. † (1950)
Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland
Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti † (1936)
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Mister Raymond John Lahey † (1986)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64733546

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 18, Number 943

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