Bishop Philip Leo O’Reilly

Bishop Emeritus of Kilmore, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Apr 1944		Born
15 Jun 1969	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kilmore, Ireland
20 Nov 1996	52.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
2 Feb 1997	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
16 Oct 1998	54.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
31 Dec 2018	74.7	Resigned	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Philip Leo O’Reilly
Bishop Philip Leo O’Reilly
(born 10 Apr 1944)
Bishop Emeritus of Kilmore

Ad Limina - October 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kilsherdany
Ordained Bishop Saint Patrick and Saint Felim, Cathedral, Cavan, Diocese of Kilmore

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kilmore.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Francis Joseph MacKiernan †
Bishop of Kilmore
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luciano Storero †
Titular Archbishop of Tigimma
Archbishop Seán Baptist Brady
Archbishop of Armagh

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Joseph MacKiernan † (1972)
Bishop of Kilmore
William John Cardinal Conway † (1958)
Archbishop of Armagh
John Francis Cardinal D’Alton † (1942)
Archbishop of Armagh
Joseph Cardinal MacRory † (1915)
Archbishop of Armagh
Michael Cardinal Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
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 Router (2019)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2086312

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Number 12,919
r: Bollettino, 31 Dec 2018

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