Bishop John Michael O’Neill †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Oct 1903		Born
24 Apr 1927	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada
8 Jun 1940	36.6	Appointed	Bishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada
7 Jul 1940	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada
23 Nov 1972	69.0	Resigned	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
2 Mar 1974	70.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada

MicroData Summary
John Michael O’Neill
Bishop John Michael O’Neill
(born 26 Oct 1903, died 2 Mar 1974)
Bishop Emeritus of Grand Falls

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 Harbour Grace

a priest for 46.8 years
a bishop for 33.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti †
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Anthony O’Sullivan †
Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Bishop Henry Thomas Renouf †
Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti † (1936)
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael O’Reilly † (1941)
Archbishop Thomas John Flynn † (1945)
Bishop Kenneth Roderick Turner, S.F.M. † (1948)
Archbishop Patrick James Skinner, C.I.M. † (1950)
Bishop Richard Thomas McGrath † (1970)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64736117

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 40

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