Bishop James Staunton †

Deceased

Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Feb 1889		Born
22 Jun 1913	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ossory, Ireland
10 Dec 1938	49.8	Appointed	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
5 Feb 1939	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
27 Jun 1963	74.3	Died	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

MicroData Summary
James Staunton
Bishop James Staunton
(born 20 Feb 1889, died 27 Jun 1963)
Bishop of Ferns

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Ballyouskill, Ballyragget

a priest for 50.0 years
a bishop for 24.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Paschal Charles David Robinson, O.F.M. †
Titular Archbishop of Tyana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Patrick Collier †
Bishop of Ossory
Bishop Thomas Keogh †
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Paschal Charles David Robinson, O.F.M. † (1927)
Titular Archbishop of Tyana
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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 John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. † (1949)
Bishop Peter Birch † (1962)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64733368

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1939, Number 4

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