Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Brien †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jul 1896		Born
8 Jul 1923	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
19 Mar 1940	43.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
19 Mar 1940	43.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sita
14 May 1940	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sita
7 Apr 1945	48.7	Appointed	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
6 Aug 1953	57.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
20 Nov 1968	72.3	Resigned	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
20 Nov 1968	72.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Uthina
5 Jan 1971	74.4	Resigned	Titular Archbishop of Uthina
23 Jul 1976	80.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

MicroData Summary for Henry Joseph O’Brien
(VIAF: 26611355; WikiData: Q15441617)
Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Brien (born 21 Jul 1896, died 23 Jul 1976) Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place New Haven, Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut
Ordained Priest Louvain, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Saint Joseph, Cathedral, Hartford, Diocese of Hartford, Connecticut
Death Place Hartford, Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut

a priest for 53.0 years
a bishop for 36.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Désiré Felicien François Joseph Cardinal Mercier †
Archbishop of Mechelen
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Maurice Francis McAuliffe †
Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut
Bishop Joseph Edward McCarthy †
Bishop of Portland, Maine

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Robert Edward Mulvee † (1957)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Francis Hackett † (1953)
Bishop Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S. † (1956)
Bishop Edward Aloysius McGurkin, M.M. † (1956)
Bishop Vincent Joseph Hines † (1960)
Bishop Joseph Francis Donnelly † (1965)
Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety † (1966)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Aloysius McNulty † (1947)
Bishop Russell Joseph McVinney † (1948)
Archbishop John Joseph McEleney, S.J. † (1950)
Bishop Patrick Joseph McCormick † (1950)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 29
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 668, Ascendance
c1: CB, 15 May 2022

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