Peter Thomas Cardinal McKeefry †

Deceased

Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand

Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jul 1899		Born
3 Apr 1926	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Auckland, New Zealand
12 Jun 1947	47.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
12 Jun 1947	47.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Dercos (Dercus)
19 Oct 1947	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Dercos (Dercus)
9 May 1954	54.8	Succeeded	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
28 Apr 1969	69.8	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Apr 1969	69.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino
18 Nov 1973	74.3	Died	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand

MicroData Summary
Peter Thomas McKeefry
Peter Thomas Cardinal McKeefry
(born 3 Jul 1899, died 18 Nov 1973)
Archbishop of Wellington

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Consistory - 1969: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Greymouth
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, Cathedral, Auckland, Diocese of Auckland

a priest for 47.6 years
a bishop for 26.0 years
a cardinal for 4.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy †
Archbishop of Sydney
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Thomas O’Shea, S.M. †
Archbishop of Wellington
Bishop James Michael Liston †
Bishop of Auckland

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Owen John Dolan † (1954)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Patrick Kavanagh † (1949)
Bishop Edward Michael Joyce † (1950)
Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. † (1954)
Bishop Owen Noel Snedden † (1962)
Bishop Brian Patrick Ashby † (1964)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC. † (1948)
Reginald John Cardinal Delargey † (1958)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 94533929
WikiData: Q962426

Source(s):

c1: AustOceaniaBishops.org
c3+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1947, Number 109
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 55, Number 4,024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 80, Number 6,521

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