Bishop Peter Joseph O’Reilly †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA

Titular Bishop of Lebedus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Apr 1850		Born
24 Jun 1877	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Peoria, Illinois, USA
3 Jul 1900	50.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
3 Jul 1900	50.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lebedus
21 Sep 1900	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lebedus
16 Dec 1923	73.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA

MicroData Summary
Peter Joseph O’Reilly
Bishop Peter Joseph O’Reilly
(born 14 Apr 1850, died 16 Dec 1923)
Auxiliary Bishop of Peoria

Event Place
Birth Place Moynalty, Diocese of Meath, Ireland
Ordained Priest Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Ordained Bishop St. Mary, Cathedral, Peoria, Diocese of Peoria, Illinois
Death Place Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland

a priest for 46.4 years
a bishop for 23.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Henry Cosgrove †
Bishop of Davenport, Iowa
Bishop James Ryan †
Bishop of Alton, Illinois

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. † (1896)
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16031600

Source(s):

d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1925
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 336
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1900, Number 55

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