Bishop Laurence Arthur Nihill †

Deceased

Bishop of Kilfenora, Ireland

Apostolic Administrator of Kilmacduagh

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 May 1726		Born
31 Jul 1747	21.1	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
7 Jun 1758	32.0	Incardinated	Priest of Limerick, Ireland
23 Dec 1783	57.5	Appointed	Bishop of Kilfenora, Ireland
23 Dec 1783	57.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Kilmacduagh, Ireland
1 May 1784	57.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kilfenora, Ireland
29 Jun 1795	69.0	Died	Bishop of Kilfenora, Ireland

MicroData Summary for Laurence Arthur Nihill
(WikiData: Q64736227)
Bishop Laurence Arthur Nihill (born 23 May 1726, died 29 Jun 1795) Bishop of Kilfenora

Event Place
Birth Place Limerick, Diocese of Limerick
Ordained Bishop Saint Michael, Church, Limerick, Diocese of Limerick
Buried Place (Original) St. Fachtnan, Cathedral, Kilfenora, Diocese of Kilfenora

a bishop for 11.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Butler (2nd) †
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Butler †
Bishop of Cork

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Butler (2nd) † (1773)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Bishop Louis-François-Gabriel d’Orléans de La Motte † (1734)
Bishop of Amiens
Bishop Louis-François-Renaud de Villeneuve † (1724)
Bishop of Viviers (Aps)
Archbishop Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac † (1722)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop Jean-François Salgues de Valderies de Lescure † (1699)
Bishop of Luçon
Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles † (1679)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop François de Harlay de Champvallon † (1651)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Nicolò Guidi di Bagno † (1644)
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Limerick, Diocese of Limerick
Ordained Bishop	Saint Michael, Church, Limerick, Diocese of Limerick
Buried Place (Original)	St. Fachtnan, Cathedral, Kilfenora, Diocese of Kilfenora

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 201
ob/c3: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 106, Number 9,221
b/c3: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1784, Number 37
b/c23: CB, 10 Mar 2019
b/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 239, Number 20,083
b: The Irish Catholic Episcopal Corps, 1657-1829, Volume 2, Page 88, and Page 89

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