Bishop Michael Mary O’Shea, O.S.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa

Titular Bishop of Ath Truim

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Aug 1930		Born
8 Jul 1956	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary
9 Jan 1976	45.3	Appointed	Prefect of Ingwavuma, South Africa
19 Nov 1990	60.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ath Truim
19 Nov 1990	60.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa
6 Apr 1991	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ath Truim
30 May 2006	75.7	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Michael Mary O’Shea
Bishop Michael Mary O’Shea O.S.M.
(born 27 Aug 1930, died 30 May 2006)
Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Curraheen, Ireland

a priest for 49.8 years
a bishop for 15.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M. †
Bishop of Manzini
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Durban
Bishop Mansuet Dela Biyase †
Bishop of Eshowe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, O.S.M. † (1985)
Bishop of Manzini
Bishop Mansuet Dela Biyase † (1975)
Bishop of Eshowe
Bishop Martin Elmar Schmid, C.M.M. † (1970)
Bishop of Mariannhill
Owen Cardinal McCann † (1950)
Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64682788

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127, Number 11,443
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Necrology (back)

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