Bishop Colm O’Reilly

Bishop Emeritus of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jan 1935		Born
19 Jun 1960	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
24 Feb 1983	48.1	Appointed	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
10 Apr 1983	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
17 Jul 2013	78.5	Retired	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland

MicroData Summary
Colm O’Reilly
Bishop Colm O’Reilly
(born 11 Jan 1935)
Bishop Emeritus of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)

Ad Limina - October 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Colmcille
Ordained Bishop St. Mel, Cathedral, Clonmacnois, Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich †
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Bishop Cahal Brendan Daly †
Bishop of Down and Connor

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich † (1977)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Fernando Cardinal Cento † (1922)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Francis Duffy (2013)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1110080

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121
r: Bollettino, 17 Jul 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 79, Number 6,434

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