Bishop Thomas Ryan †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Clonfert, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Feb 1915		Born
10 Jul 1938	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 May 1963	48.2	Appointed	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
16 Jun 1963	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
1 May 1982	67.2	Resigned	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
20 Aug 1983	68.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Clonfert, Ireland

MicroData Summary
Thomas Ryan
Bishop Thomas Ryan
(born 8 Feb 1915, died 20 Aug 1983)
Bishop Emeritus of Clonfert

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Kilcommon, Archdiocese of Cashel (-Emly)
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Cathedral, Frascati, Suburbicarian See of Frascati, Italy

a priest for 45.1 years
a bishop for 20.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Walsh †
Archbishop of Tuam
Archbishop John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. †
Titular Archbishop of Macra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Timothy Kieran Cotter, O.S.A. † (1966)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64745201

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1963, Number 62

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