Bishop David O’Leary, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Transvaal, South Africa

Titular Bishop of Fesseë

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Aug 1880		Born
10 Jul 1910	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
13 May 1925	44.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa
13 May 1925	44.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Fesseë
8 Sep 1925	45.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Fesseë
25 Nov 1950	70.2	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Transvaal, South Africa
12 Aug 1958	77.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Transvaal, South Africa

MicroData Summary
David O’Leary
Bishop David O’Leary O.M.I.
(born 19 Aug 1880, died 12 Aug 1958)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Transvaal

Event Place
Birth Place Kimberley, Diocese of Perth, Australia
Ordained Bishop Kimberley, Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia
Death Place Johannesburg, Diocese of Johannesburg

a priest for 48.0 years
a bishop for 32.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Henri Delalle, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Thugga
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hugh McSherry †
Titular Bishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia
Bishop Charles Cox, O.M.I. †
Titular Bishop of Dioclea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Henri Delalle, O.M.I. † (1904)
Titular Bishop of Thugga
Bishop Charles-François Turinaz † (1873)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Bishop François Gros † (1867)
Bishop Emeritus of Tarentaise
Alexis Cardinal Billiet † (1826)
Archbishop of Chambéry
Archbishop François-Marie Bigex † (1817)
Archbishop of Chambéry
Paolo Giuseppe Cardinal Solaro di Villanova † (1784)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. † (1948)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernard Cornelius O’Riley † (1926)
Archbishop Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. † (1930)
Archbishop Aston Ignatius (Sebastian Joseph) Chichester, S.J. † (1931)
Bishop Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. † (1935)
Bishop Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M. † (1939)
Bishop Frédéric Osterrath, O.S.B. † (1940)
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947)
Bishop Hugh Boyle † (1949)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1176009

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1925, Number 47

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

✠