Bishop Francis McNeirny †

Deceased

Bishop of Albany, New York, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Apr 1828		Born
17 Aug 1854	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of New York, New York, USA
22 Dec 1871	43.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
22 Dec 1871	43.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhesaina
21 Apr 1872	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rhesaina
12 Oct 1877	49.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA
2 Jan 1894	65.6	Died	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA

MicroData Summary
Francis McNeirny
Bishop Francis McNeirny
(born 25 Apr 1828, died 2 Jan 1894)
Bishop of Albany

Event Place
Birth Place New York, Diocese of New York, New York
Ordained Priest New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Ordained Bishop (Mott Street), Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Buried Place (Original) Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Albany, Diocese of Albany, New York

a priest for 39.3 years
a bishop for 21.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Joseph Hughes †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John McCloskey †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Loughlin †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Bishop David William Bacon †
Bishop of Portland, Maine

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Daniel Francis Feehan † (1879)
Bishop John Grimes † (1882)
Bishop Thomas Francis Cusack † (1885)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Augustine Healy † (1875)
Bishop Patrick Anthony Ludden † (1887)
Bishop Henry Gabriels † (1892)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5481910

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 85, and Page 481
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1872, Number 56
c1: CB, 10 May 2022

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