Bishop Eugene O’Doherty †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Feb 1896		Born
19 Jun 1921	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Mar 1944	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
28 May 1944	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
22 Nov 1975	79.7	Retired	Bishop of Dromore, Ireland
24 Mar 1979	83.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Eugene O’Doherty
Bishop Eugene O’Doherty
(born 4 Feb 1896, died 24 Mar 1979)
Bishop Emeritus of Dromore

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 Glencrow, Moville

a priest for 57.7 years
a bishop for 34.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop William MacNeely †
Bishop of Raphoe
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Daniel Mageean †
Bishop of Down and Connor
Bishop James Joseph MacNamee †
Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William MacNeely † (1923)
Bishop of Raphoe
Archbishop Patrick Joseph O’Donnell † (1888)
Titular Archbishop of Attalea in Pamphylia
Archbishop Michael Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. † (1957)
Bishop Eugéne Cornelius Arthurs, I.C. † (1958)
Bishop Francis Lenny † (1974)
Bishop Francis Gerard Brooks † (1976)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q50414404

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1944, Number 25

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