Bishop Michael O’Hea †

Deceased

Bishop of Ross, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Aug 1808		Born
Sep 1834³	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Dec 1857	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
7 Feb 1858	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ross, Ireland
18 Dec 1876	68.3	Died	Bishop of Ross, Ireland

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Michael O’Hea
Bishop Michael O’Hea
(born 12 Aug 1808, died 18 Dec 1876)
Bishop of Ross

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Woodfield
Ordained Bishop Skibbereen

a priest for 42.2 years
a bishop for 18.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick Leahy †
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Delany †
Bishop of Cork
Bishop William Keane †
Bishop of Cloyne

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Patrick Leahy † (1857)
Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly)
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 Michael Flannery † (1858)
Bishop James Lynch, C.M. † (1866)
Bishop John McCarthy † (1874)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64760852

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1872
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 486
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1858, Number 7

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