Bishop Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Feb 1918		Born
7 Apr 1946	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
11 Jan 1968	49.9	Appointed	Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria
29 Mar 1968	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria
2 Jun 1989	71.3	Resigned	Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria
14 Aug 1999	81.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Donal Joseph Murray
Bishop Donal Joseph Murray C.S.Sp.
(born 11 Feb 1918, died 14 Aug 1999)
Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi

Event Place
Birth Place Limerick, Diocese of Limerick, Ireland
Ordained Bishop St. Barnabas, Cathedral, Nottingham, Diocese of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
Death Place Sisters of Charity, Hospital, Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland

a priest for 53.3 years
a bishop for 31.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Edward Ellis †
Bishop of Nottingham, England
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Brian Charles Foley †
Bishop of Lancaster, England
Bishop James Hagan, C.S.Sp. †
Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edward Ellis † (1944)
Bishop of Nottingham, England
Archbishop William Godfrey † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Cius
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Fidelis Uga Orgah † (1995)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64736078

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 428
loc: CL, 10 Apr 2023

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