Bishop Michael Joseph McKenna

Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Dec 1951		Born
19 Aug 1983	31.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sale, Australia
15 Apr 2009	57.3	Appointed	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
26 Jun 2009	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

MicroData Summary
Michael Joseph McKenna
Bishop Michael Joseph McKenna
(born 8 Dec 1951)
Bishop of Bathurst

Ad Limina - October 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - June 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Bairnsdale

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bathurst.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
George Cardinal Pell †
Archbishop of Sydney
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Patrick Dougherty †
Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst
Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Coffey †
Bishop Emeritus of Sale

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

George Cardinal Pell † (1987)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Thomas Francis Little † (1973)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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:
Bishop Pierre Nguyên Văn Viên (2013)
Archbishop Patrick Michael O’Regan (2015)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q740760

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Apr 2009
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Number 16,195

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