Bishop Laurence Ryan †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 May 1931		Born
17 Jun 1956	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
17 Jul 1984	53.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
9 Sep 1984	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
10 Dec 1987	56.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
4 Jun 2002	71.0	Resigned	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland
13 Oct 2003	72.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Laurence Ryan
Bishop Laurence Ryan
(born 13 May 1931, died 13 Oct 2003)
Bishop Emeritus of Kildare and Leighlin

Event Place
Birth Place Ballyerinningan
Ordained Bishop In Front of, Cathedral, Carlow, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin

a priest for 47.3 years
a bishop for 19.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Patrick Lennon †
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi †
Titular Archbishop of Binda
Bishop Laurence Forristal †
Bishop of Ossory

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Patrick Lennon † (1966)
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi † (1955)
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Valerio Cardinal Valeri † (1927)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Donato Raffaele Cardinal Sbarretti (Tazza) † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Paul Dempsey (1997)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q6500857

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 111, Additions/Corrections (front)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 88, Number 7,412

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