Bishop Michael Fintan Power †

Deceased

Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Feb 1877		Born
10 Mar 1906	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
12 May 1911	34.2	Appointed	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
25 Jul 1911	34.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada
6 Mar 1920	43.0	Died	Bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland, Canada

MicroData Summary
Michael Fintan Power
Bishop Michael Fintan Power
(born 17 Feb 1877, died 6 Mar 1920)
Bishop of Saint George’s

Event Place
Birth Place Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Archdiocese of Saint John’s, Newfoundland
Ordained Bishop St. John the Baptist, Cathedral, Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Archdiocese of Saint John’s, Newfoundland

a priest for 13.9 years
a bishop for 8.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. †
Archbishop of L’Aquila
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michael Francis Howley †
Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland
Bishop John March †
Bishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. † (1907)
Archbishop of L’Aquila
Casimiro Cardinal Gennari † (1881)
Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
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: Q64683586

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1911, Number 59
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 41, Number 2,632

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