Archbishop Cornelius O’Brien †

Deceased

Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 May 1843		Born
8 Apr 1871	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
1 Dec 1882	39.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
21 Jan 1883	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
10 Mar 1906	62.8	Died	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

MicroData Summary
Cornelius O’Brien
Archbishop Cornelius O’Brien
(born 4 May 1843, died 10 Mar 1906)
Archbishop of Halifax

Event Place
Birth Place New Glasgow
Ordained Bishop Halifax, Archdiocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia

a priest for 34.9 years
a bishop for 23.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre †
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Sweeny †
Bishop of Saint John in New Brunswick, New Brunswick
Bishop Peter McIntyre †
Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre † (1873)
Archbishop of Montréal, Québec
Archbishop Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau † (1871)
Archbishop of Québec
Archbishop John Joseph Lynch, C.M. † (1859)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Bishop Armand-Françios-Marie de Charbonnel, O.F.M. Cap. † (1850)
Bishop of Toronto, Ontario
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Archbishop Timothy Casey † (1900)
Bishop Thomas Francis Barry † (1900)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 61074052
WikiData: Q5171429

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 298
c2+: CB, 18 Jun 2014
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1883, Number 2

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