Bishop Henry Murphy †

Deceased

Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 May 1912		Born
21 Jun 1936	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Limerick, Ireland
1 Jul 1958	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
31 Aug 1958	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
8 Oct 1973	61.3	Died	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Henry Murphy
Bishop Henry Murphy
(born 19 May 1912, died 8 Oct 1973)
Bishop of Limerick

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Ardpatrick, Diocese of Limerick
Ordained Bishop Saint John, Cathedral, Limerick, Diocese of Limerick

a priest for 37.2 years
a bishop for 15.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Albert Levame †
Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Denis J. Moynihan †
Bishop of Kerry
Bishop Michael John Browne †
Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Albert Levame † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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 James Timothy Kieran Cotter, O.S.A. † (1966)
Bishop James (Jaime) Collins, C.Ss.R. † (1967)
Bishop Eamon Casey † (1969)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64735113

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1958, Number 66

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