Bishop Thomas Joseph Power †

Deceased

Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Dec 1830		Born
4 Jun 1854	23.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
10 Jun 1854	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 May 1870	39.4	Appointed	Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
12 Jun 1870	39.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
4 Dec 1893	62.9	Died	Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

MicroData Summary
Thomas Joseph Power
Bishop Thomas Joseph Power
(born 10 Dec 1830, died 4 Dec 1893)
Bishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland

Event Place
Birth Place New Ross, Diocese of Ferns, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Ste Agathe des Irlandais, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 39.4 years
a bishop for 23.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paul Cardinal Cullen †
Archbishop of Dublin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Alipius Goold, O.E.S.A. †
Bishop of Melbourne
Bishop Thomas Grimley †
Titular Bishop of Antigonea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Paul Cardinal 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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Michael Francis Howley † (1892)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q7791214

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 322
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1870, Number 24

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