Bishop Michael Router

Bishop of Derry, Ireland

Motto: In Manus Tuas, Domine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Apr 1965		Born
26 Sep 1987	22.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Kilmore, Ireland
25 Jun 1989	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kilmore, Ireland
7 May 2019	54.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland
7 May 2019	54.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lugmad
21 Jul 2019	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lugmad
16 Jul 2026	61.2	Appointed	Bishop of Derry, Ireland
20 Sep 2026	61.4	Installed	Bishop of Derry, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Michael Router
Bishop Michael Router
(born 15 Apr 1965)
Bishop of Derry

Event Place
Birth Place Rahardrum, Virginia, Diocese of Kilmore
Ordained Bishop St. Patrick, Cathedral, Armagh, Archdiocese of Armagh

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Derry.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Francis Joseph MacKiernan †
Bishop of Kilmore
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Francis Joseph MacKiernan †
Bishop of Kilmore
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Eamon Martin
Archbishop of Armagh
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo
Titular Archbishop of Novica
Bishop Philip Leo O’Reilly
Bishop Emeritus of Kilmore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Eamon Martin (2013)
Archbishop of Armagh
Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady (1995)
Archbishop of Armagh
Cahal Brendan Cardinal Daly † (1967)
Archbishop of Armagh
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q63564383

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 May 2019
od/c01: CB, 7 May 2019
ob: CB, 11 May 2019
c2+: CB, 17 Jul 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 241, Number 20,213
ab: Bollettino, 16 Jul 2026
i: CB, 21 Sep 2026

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