Bishop Owen Noel Snedden †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand

Titular Bishop of Achelous

Bishop of New Zealand, Military

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Dec 1917		Born
24 Feb 1941	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Auckland, New Zealand
23 May 1962	44.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
23 May 1962	44.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Achelous
22 Aug 1962	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Achelous
28 Oct 1976	58.8	Appointed	Bishop of New Zealand, Military
17 Apr 1981	63.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand

MicroData Summary
Owen Noel Snedden
Bishop Owen Noel Snedden
(born 11 Dec 1917, died 17 Apr 1981)
Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington

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 Auckland, Diocese of Auckland
Ordained Bishop Saint Patrick, Cathedral, Auckland, Diocese of Auckland

a priest for 40.1 years
a bishop for 18.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Peter Thomas McKeefry †
Archbishop of Wellington
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Michael Liston †
Bishop of Auckland
Bishop Reginald John Delargey †
Titular Bishop of Hirina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Peter Thomas McKeefry † (1947)
Archbishop of Wellington
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Consecrator of:
Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams † (1979)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Brian Patrick Ashby † (1964)
Bishop Peter James Cullinane (1980)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13409202

Source(s):

c2+: AustOceaniaBishops.org
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 123

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