Archbishop Thomas O’Donnell †

Deceased

Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Aug 1874		Born
23 Dec 1899	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
23 Dec 1923	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
14 Feb 1924	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
20 Mar 1924	49.5	Installed	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
27 May 1929	54.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
27 May 1929	54.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Methymna
26 Jan 1931	56.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
13 Jan 1936	61.4	Died	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

MicroData Summary
Thomas O’Donnell
Archbishop Thomas O’Donnell
(born 16 Aug 1874, died 13 Jan 1936)
Archbishop of Halifax

Event Place
Birth Place Kerry, Diocese of Kerry (o Ardfert) e Aghadoe, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Saint Michael, Cathedral, Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario
Death Place Halifax, Archdiocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia

a priest for 36.0 years
a bishop for 11.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pietro di Maria †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Neil McNeil †
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Archbishop Arthur Alfred Sinnott †
Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pietro di Maria † (1906)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64733301

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1924, Number 7

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