Archbishop Patrick Mary O’Donnell †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Feb 1897		Born
15 Apr 1922	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sale, Australia
9 Dec 1948	51.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
9 Dec 1948	51.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium
17 Mar 1949	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium
10 Apr 1965	68.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
5 Mar 1973	76.0	Retired	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
2 Nov 1980	83.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

MicroData Summary
Patrick Mary O’Donnell
Archbishop Patrick Mary O’Donnell
(born 2 Feb 1897, died 2 Nov 1980)
Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane

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 Fethard, Archdiocese of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Cathedral, Sale, Diocese of Sale
Death Place Brisbane, Archdiocese of Brisbane

a priest for 58.5 years
a bishop for 31.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj †
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Principal Consecrator:
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy †
Archbishop of Sydney
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Richard Ryan, C.M. †
Bishop of Sale
Bishop Edmund John Aloysius Gleeson, C.Ss.R. †
Bishop of Maitland

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Brian Heenan (1962)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Ahern Torpie † (1967)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Henry Joseph Kennedy † (1967)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q18715819

Source(s):

c1+: AustOceaniaBishops.org
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 19

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