Archbishop Robert William Spence, O.P. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jan 1860		Born
24 Dec 1878	18.9	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
23 Dec 1882	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
2 May 1914	54.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia
2 May 1914	54.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Pessinus
16 Aug 1914	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Pessinus
6 Jul 1915	55.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia
5 Nov 1934	74.8	Died	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia

MicroData Summary for Robert William Spence
(VIAF: 1286151247932744270004; WikiData: Q12069792)
Archbishop Robert William Spence O.P. (born 13 Jan 1860, died 5 Nov 1934) Archbishop of Adelaide

Event Place
Birth Place Cork, Diocese of Cork, Ireland
Ordained Bishop Adelaide, Archdiocese of Adelaide
Death Place Glen Osmond
Buried Place (Original) West Terrace, Cemetery, Adelaide, Archdiocese of Adelaide

a priest for 51.8 years
a bishop for 20.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick Joseph Clune, C.SS.R. †
Archbishop of Perth
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Dunne †
Bishop of Wilcannia
Bishop John Henry Norton †
Bishop of Port Augusta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Patrick Joseph Clune, C.SS.R. † (1911)
Archbishop of Perth
Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran † (1872)
Archbishop of Sydney
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 Andrew Killian † (1924)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cork, Diocese of Cork, Ireland
Ordained Bishop	Adelaide, Archdiocese of Adelaide
Death Place	Glen Osmond
Buried Place (Original)	West Terrace, Cemetery, Adelaide, Archdiocese of Adelaide

Source(s):

c34: AustOceaniaBishops.org
op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 36
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1914, Number 44
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 63, Number 4,892

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