Bishop Michael Joseph O’Farrell †

Deceased

Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Dec 1832		Born
18 Aug 1855	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
2 Aug 1881	48.6	Appointed	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
1 Nov 1881	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
2 Apr 1894	61.3	Died	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

MicroData Summary
Michael Joseph O’Farrell
Bishop Michael Joseph O’Farrell
(born 2 Dec 1832, died 2 Apr 1894)
Bishop of Trenton

Event Place
Birth Place Limerick, Diocese of Limerick, Ireland
Ordained Priest Limerick, Diocese of Limerick, Ireland
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, Cathedral, New York, Archdiocese of New York, New York
Death Place Trenton, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey

a priest for 38.6 years
a bishop for 12.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Ryan †
Bishop of Limerick
Principal Consecrator:
John Cardinal McCloskey †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan †
Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
Bishop John Loughlin †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Cardinal McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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):

VIAF: 315944663
WikiData: Q6831472

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 563
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1881, Number 61
c1: CB, 15 May 2022

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 29 Aug 2026

✠